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Vol. 52: No. 16
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALS CRACKING DOWN ON TRUANCY
OBSERVANCE OF
MUSIC WEEK IS
BEING PLANNED
Two Musical Programs Sche
duled Here For The
Week of April 19-25
CLUB IS SPONSOR
Two public programs will fea
ture the observance of National
Music Week in Brevard. April 19
25, according to announcement by
the Brevard Music Lovers’ club,
sponsors of the event in this coun
ty. Observance of Music Week,
usually held the first week in May,
has been moved up here due to
conflicts with other programs,
members of the club stated.
The first of the two programs
planned for Music Week will be
an all-music event at the First Bap
tist church on Sunday evening,
April 19, beginning at eight o’clock.
Special numbers will be given by
Mrs. Dan Merrill, organist., and
Mrs. Nat Townsend, Miss Emmi
Neuberger and Alvin Moore, Mrs.
J. M. Allison, Mrs. Harry Bobst,
and Keith Pooser and Alvin Moore,
p vocalists.
Congregational singing will be
featured throughout the evening,
with the church choirs, Music club
members, and members of the col
lege choir leading. A group of
familiar hymns will be sung. Rev.
B. W. Thomason will preside.
On Tuesday evening, April 21,
at eight o’clock, a “patriotic jubi
lee” of music will be given at the
Brevard high school, with com
munity songs as used in outdoor
group singing here last summer
to be featured, along with several
special numbers. Such familiar
tunes as “America the Beautiful,”
“Dixie,” and “Old Black Joe” will
be sung by the audience.
Special numbers scheduled for the
Tuesday evening program will be
given by A. B. Carter’s orchestra;
violin duet by Julia Owen and Hu
| bert Owen, accompanied by Eleanor
Ledford, all of Brevard college;
quartet composed of Mrs. J. M.
Allison, Mrs. Harry Bobst, Mrs.
Alex Kizer, and Mrs. Nat Town
send; euphomium solo by Donald
Lee Moore; saxophone solo by Leo
nard W. Roberts, accompanied by
Philip Frazier, both of Brevard col
lege; and vocal solo by Miss Julia
Owen.
C. M. Douglas will preside. There
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SET SECOND OF
PIANO RECITALS
Public School Music Students
To Be Heard On
Friday Evening
The piano pupils of Alvin Moore
and Mrs. Hague Padgett will be
heard in their second of two com
mencement piano recitals in the
Brevard high school auditorium on
Friday evening, April 17, at eight
o’clock. The first of these recitals,
featuring piano pupils of the county
public schools, was presented last
Monday evening. It was well at
tended and enthusiastically re
ceived, it was reported.
Miss Emmi Neuberger, well
known local soprano, will be the
guest artist on Friday evening. She
will present a group of songs.
The following pupils will be pre
sented in piano numbers: Jo Anne
Parker, Mary Jane Clark, Virginia
Kilpatrick, Barbara Wilber, Jean
Marie Wiley, Molly Ruth Siniard,
Verena Lewis, Lottie Mae Tinsley,
Harriet Patterson, Hazel McKin
ney, Phyllis Franklin, Margaret
Anne DeBord, Bobby Buckner,
Herbert Finck, Dorothy Anne Rus
sell, Carolyn Kizer, Jerry Aiken,
Mary Ashley Norwood, Alfred Neu
mann, Lucille Vaillancourt, Louise
Wood, Frances Talley, Virginia Ed
wards, Marie Hart, Irene Vaillan
court, Dorothy Gay Rockwood,
Mozelle Bryson, and Sarah McMa
han.
SATURDAY LAST
DAY FOR FILING
Fred Johnson, chairman of the
Transylvania county board of elec
tions, announced Wednesday that
Saturday, April 18, will be the last
day on which candidates may file
for political offices in this county.
Candidates may file up -until 6
o’clock on Saturday, Mr. Johnson
said.
Aldermen Ban Beer, Wine
Sales On Sunday Mornings
The board of aldermen of the
town of Brevard have enacted
an ordinance to prohibit the
sale of beer and wine within
the Brevard city limits between
the hours of 12:01 a. m. and
1:00 p. m. on Sundays. The
ordinance will become ef
fective on Saturday, April 18,
and business houses selling
either beer or wine within the
prescribed hours of the ordin
ance will be prosecuted ac
cording to rules of the ordin
ance.
Though the ordinance pass
ed by the board of aldermen
necessarily limits the sale of
the beverages only within the
town limits, it is understood
that the Transylvania county
board of commissioners will
enact a similar ordinance effec
tive over the entire county at
their next regular meeting on
Monday, May 4. County com
missioners contacted Wednes
day intimated that such an
ordinance would be passed.
The text of the ordinance
enacted by the city board of
aldermen is as follows:
“Be it ordained by the
Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Brevard that no per
son, firm, or corporation shall
sell any beer or wine in the
Town of Brevard between the
hours of 12:01 a. m. and 1:00
p. m. Sundays.
“That all ordinances or parts
of ordinances in conflict with
the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
“That this ordinance shall
be in full effect on and after
the 18th day of April, 1942.”
May Day Royalty
Students of Brevard college
have elected MISS JEAN BEN
NETT, above, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond F. Bennett,
of Brevard, to reign over May
Day festivities at the college on
Saturday, May 2. (Times staff
photo)
MRS. L D. MARTIN
NAMED PTA HEAD
Other Officers Elected At
April Meeting of Par
ent-Teacher Unit
Mrs. Lester D. Martin was elect
ed president of the Brevard Parent
Teacher association at the April
meeting, which was held Tuesday
afternoon at the elementary school
building. This was the last meet
ing of the present school year.
Other officers elected to serve
with Mrs. Martin for the ensuing
year are: Mrs. Walter Duckworth,
vice president; Mrs. J. W. Herring
ton, secretary; Mrs. E. L. Happ,
treasurer. The nominating com
mittee included Mrs. C. E. Buck
ner, chairman, Mrs. Goode Loftis
and Miss Clayton.
Mrs. A. H. Kizer, retiring presi
dent, conducted business transac
tions and read the message from
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REPUBLICANS HERE
NAME CANDIDATES
Ralph R. Fisher Re-elected
County Chairman Of
Party Saturday
Ralph R. Fisher, chairman of the
Transylvania county Republican
executive committee, was re-elect
ed to that post at the county con
vention of the party at the Brevard
court house last Saturday after
noon. County and state office can
didates were also nominated at the
convention, at which thirteen of
seventeen precincts in the county
were represented.
The convention delegates went
on record as being “100 percent
behind America in its present war
effort” and pledged themselves to
support the administration in an
“all out” effort for victory. A spe
cial resolutions committee, how
ever, decided what it termed the
undemocratic action of the oppos
ing party in enacting legislation
during the last state assembly
which extended to four years the
tenure of office of the register of
deeds, county tax collector, and
county commissioners here.
Candidates for three county and
state offices were named. Ralph R.
Fisher was named as a candidate
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DRIVE PLANS ON!
Plans for the annual clean
up drive were made at the
April meeting of the Women’s
Civic club, which was held
Monday afternoon in the club
room.
The following committee was
named for the drive: Mrs. E. L.
Happ, chairman, Mrs. S. A.
Bullock, Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer,
Mrs. D. L. English and Mrs. E.
J. Coltrane. The campaign will
get under way early in May.
Among other transactions of
the club at the meeting was
the paying of $150.00 for the
room at the new Transylvania
Community hospital which the
club voted to furnish, and also
the paying of a check of $25.00
to the Girl Scout building
fund.
TAR HEEL FRONT IN WASHINGTON
Controller Warren "Pure Tar Heel"
By Robert A. Erwin and Frances McKusick
(Staff Correspondents)
WASHINGTON, April 15.—One
of the most influential and yet
politically independent men in
Washington today is North Caro
lina’s native son, Lindsay Carter
Warren, Controller General of the
United States and formerly Repre
sentative in Congress for i5 years.
Impressive and firm, but still
retaining his Tar Heel quality of
being “plain as an old shoe”, Mr.
Warren has the capacity of making
home folks feel right at home in
his spacious suite of offices, origin
ally the quarters for the head of the
Union soldier pension bureau,
located on the second floor of what
now is the General Accounting Of
fice building.
In fact, if you go to see Mr. War
ren, the building will be the first
thing he will tell you about.
“My office building is 80 years
old. It was built right after the
Civil War. Yes, Sir,” he added with
a touch of humor, “it was built as
a memorial to union soldiers. Did
you notice that frieze on the out
side of the building? That repre
sents the Yankees. And my office
used to be apartment occupied by
the Commissioner of Union Pen
sions and his family.”
However, Mr. Warren has re
mained untouched by the influence
of high-ranking Yankee ghosts who
may prowl inquisitively about his
office. He’s a North Carolinian
through and through. He’s devot
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Opens New Store
DR. EDDIE VARNER, above,
this week announces the open
ing of the new Varner Wal
green Agency Drug store on
the corner of Broad and Jor
dan streets. Formal opening
of the store will be held Thurs
day evening, from 7:30 to 10:30.
(Photo by Austin)
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Breaking The
Political Ice
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T. S. Wood Runs
For County Sheriff
T. S. Wood, native of Transyl
vania county, on Wednesday an
nounced that he will be a candidate
for sheriff of Transylvania county
subject to the Democratic primary
to be held on Saturday, May 30.
He is the third Democratic candi
date to announce. Freeman Hayes
and T. E. Reid both threw their
hats in the ring for the sheriff’s
post earlier.
Mr. Wood served as chief deputy
sheriff in this county from 1928-32,
and in 1932 was elected sheriff of
the county. He served as sheriff
until 1936.
Mr. Wood's announcement fol
lows:
“I hereby announce that I will
be a candidate for Sheriff of Tran
sylvania county subject to the will
of the voters in the Democratic
primary, to be held on Saturday,
May 30, 1942.
“If nominated and elected, I will
fill the office to the best of my
ability, and none of my relatives
will be connected in any way with
the sheriff’s office. Your support
will be greatly appreciated. T.
S. Wood.”
Gillespie Announces
For Clerk Of Court
Elmer Gillespie, of Rosman, an
nounced this week that he will be
a candidate for the office of clerk
of superior court of Transylvania
county, subject to the Democratic
primary to be held on Saturday,
May 30.
His statement issued to the vot
ers of the county is as follows:
“To my friends and voters of
Transylvania county:
“I wish to announce my candi
dacy for the nomination to the of
fice of clerk of superior court of
Transylvania county, subject to the
rules of the Democratic primary.
“Your vote will be greatly ap
preciated. Elmer Gillespie.”
FLOOR BUSINESS!
—
The McIntosh Floor Service, of
Brevard, has been awarded two
large government flooring and
floor finishing contracts—one at
Norfolk, Va., and one at Green
ville, S. C.
At Norfolk the contract calls for
finishing floors in 5,200 homes—
more, than 5 million square feet,
and one of the largest contracts
ever awarded a single contractor.
The contract at Greenville is for
finishing floors at the new Army
air base there, comprising more
than a million square feet of sur
face. Work is going forward on
both projects at present.
Contracts were awarded through
sealed bids.
KIWANIS TO MEET
Regular meeting of Brevard
Kiwanis club will be held today
at 12:15 at the Moffitt House on
Country Club Road.
Pete Eberle will be in charge of
the program.
ELECTION JUDGES
AND REGISTRARS
APPOINTED HERE
Organization Of County
Election Board Effected;
Johnson Chairman
Organization of the Transylvania
county board of elections has been
effected, and Fred Johnson has
been re-named chairman. C. Y.
Patton was named secretary, and
Lewis P. Hamlin is the Republican
member of the board.
The board has appointed regis
trars and judges for the various
precincts for the primary and gen
eral election of 1942. Chairman
Johnson announces the list as fol
lows:
Boyd: Mrs. M. H. Holliday, regis
trar, Arnold Williams, Carl Talley.
Brevard one: C. E. Wike, regis
trar, Fred Shuford, John W. Smith.
Brevard two: J. E. Rufty, regis
trar, Lewis Osborne, A. B. Owens.
Brevard three: John L. Morris,
registrar, Joe P. McLeod, D. P.
Orr.
Cathey’s Creek: Joe Bryson, re
gistrar, Ed Gillespie, Leo Hogsed.
Cedar Mountain: Paul Roberts,
registrar, Mrs. Paul Roberts, Jud R.
Bishop.
Dunn’s Rock: Glad Whitmire,
registrar, Nathan McGaha, H. B.
Glazener.
Eastatoe: Fred Nicholson, regis
trar, Dewey Burton, Jack Fisher.
East Fork: W. C. Gravely, regis
trar, Mrs. W. C. Gravely, Glenn
Galloway.
Gloucester one: Allen McCall, re
gistrar, Holmes Price, Archie Mc
Call.
Gloucester two: Walter Fisher,
registrar, Carl Queen, Richard Mc
Call.
Hogback one: T. C. McCall, re
gistrar, T. C. Henderson, Eugene
King.
Hogback two: L. C. Case, Jr., re
gistrar, Granville Fisher, Will
Raines.
Hogback three: L. E. Cash, re
gistrar, Conrad Miller, Roland Ro
binson.
Little River: Hal Hart, registrar,
Ed Mackey, Walter Shipman.
Old Toxaway: Mrs. Ellis Gallo
way, registrar, Harvey Morgan,
Lewis Morgan.
Rosman: Lee Nicholson, regis
trar, J. B. Rogers, T. P. Galloway.
The foreign-born population of
North Carolina is only 0.4 per cent.
It leads all other states in native
poulation.
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Times Publisher
Is On Committees
Ed M. Anderson, publisher
of The Times, was placed on
two important committees 1
during the past week. i
He was named a member of
the general state committee
for the annual national gov
ernors’ conference which is
scheduled to be held in Ashe
ville, June 21-24. More than
35 governors from over the
nation are expected to at
tend.
He has also been named
a member of the North Caro
lina committee for defense
through education.
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Number Of Warrants Issued
For Parents Violating Law
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Out Far Sheriff
T. S. WOOD, above, has an
nounced that he will be a
candidate for the office of
sheriff of this county, subject
to nomination in the Demo
cratic primary on May 30.
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Bulletins
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LAVAL WILL CHOOSE
HIS OWN CABINET
VICHY, France April 15—Pierre
Laval, prospective full premier with
full power over a cabinet of his
own choosing, pledged himself to
day to a middle-of-the-road policy
between the United States and Ger
many and sought, at Paris, an im
mediate emergency agreement with
Germany on the immediate future
of Nazi-Vichy relations.
It was revealed that Laval was
brought back to power—more pow
er than he had wielded before his
political eclipse 16 months ago—
by a German threat to set up a
puppet government in occupied
France with its “capital” at Paris.
U. S. VICHY NEARING
BREAKING POINT
WASHINGTON, April 15. The
United States and Vichy France
neared a break today, with the re
call of Ambassador William D.
Leahy generally expected in in
formed quarters.
The state department withheld
any official indication of its re
action to the return of collabora
tionist Pierre Laval to a key posi
tion in the Vichy regime pending
a report from Admiral Leahy on
the developments.
A high government source frank
ly conceded last night, however,
that a complete re-examination of
American relations with Vichy “ob
viously” was necessary. Wether
this would lead to a final rupture
of diplomatic relations was a mat
ter on which observers here dis
agreed, but there were indications
that the government was seriously
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Bikas, Former Member Of Royal
Guard Of Greece, Is Interviewed
By Times Staff Writer
Though the majority of Amer
icans may be thinking of what is
going on on the war front in the
Philippines and Australia these
days, one naturalized American can
easily be preoccupied with thoughts
of what is going on at the present
in his native country of Greece. He
is Pete George Bikas, local re
stauranteur, who has three brothers
in the Greek army—or had when
Italy and Germany invaded the
country. He hasn’t heard from
them nor other members of his
family over there since the invas
ion.
Despite the fact that things look
pretty tough for the allied na
tions right now, Pete—an army man
himself—is confident that the final
outcome will show the democracies
the victors. He holds extremely
high regard for the fighting ability
of the Aussies, the Americans, the
Britishers and other troops in the
allied camp. And he ought to know
a good soldier when he sees one,
for he was at one time a member
of the royal bodyguard of King
Constadine of Greece. You don’t
get into that distinguished body
of soldiers merely by standing
erect and shouldering a rifle. You
must have been in the regular
Greek ariny for three years, have
been wounded at least twice while
in the service, and have obtained at
least three medals for distinguish
ed service.
Pete Bikas’ service in the royal
bodyguard—that was in the years
1921-22—and his service in the
regular Greek army has given him
a keen conception of the fighting
ability of members of the Axis
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More Than 6,000 Schpol
Hours Were Lost By
Truancy This Year
PENALTY BE IMPOSED
Transylvania county public
school officials are preparing to
crack down on parents who keep
their children out of school with
out valid reasons, according to a
statement issued Wednesday from
the office of County Superintend
ent J. B. Jones. Rigid prosecution
of parents who wilfully prevent
their children from attending the
public schools of the county is
planned, the statement said, and a
number of warrants have already
been issued.
Superintendent Jones declared A
that truancy had been worse than wl
usual this year, and he pointed out
that more than 40 students in the
county, between the compulsory
ages of 7 to 14, have an average of
25 absences each for the year. He
said these students represented
approximately 15 families. They
have lost more than 6,000 school
hours of study during the year.
“By punishing the parents thin
year for violation of the state com
pulsory attendance law," Mr. Jones
said, “we hope to have all these
students back in school at the be
ginning of the 1942-43 school term
and to keep them in school con
stantly during the year.” The law
requires parents to keep children
in school if they are between the
ages of 7 and 14. Penalty for vio
lation is a $25 fine, or 30 days in
jail. Jones intimated that the full
limit of the penalty would be ask
ed in the case of those parents who
are found to have wilfully kept
their children out of school this
year.
In some instances, Jones said,
parents have claimed poverty as
the reason for keeping their chil
dren out of school. However, he
pointed out, such parents are re
quired to go to their school princi
pal and present their cases. Worthy
cases will be taken care of by the
welfare department or by various
church organizations in the county*
he said.
ANDERSON ELECTED
HEAD OF JAYCEES
Other Officers Elected At
Meeting Of Group
Tuesday Evening
John Anderson, business man
ager of The Transylvania Times,
was elected president of the Bre
vard Junior Chamber of Commerce
at a meeting of the group at Bre
vard college Tuesday evening. He
succeeds Dr. Eddie Varner at that
post.
Other officers elected were Dr.
E. O. Roland, vice president; Ver
non Fullbright, secretary; and Ho
ward Schmidt, treasurer. A board
of directors was named as follows:
Dr. Eddie Varner, Ed Rothbauer,
Curtis Kelly, Lloyd O. Hughes, and
Kin McNeil.
The officers and board of di
rectors will be installed at a special
meeting to be held on Tuesday
evening, April 28.
It was pointed out at the meet
ing that 75% of the members of
the Brevard Junior Chamber of
Commerce have been drafted for
military service, but that the mem
bers who are still here, nearly 20
in number, will not disband the
local Jaycee organization during
the emergency, as similar organ
izations are doing in other towns.
Extensive plans for entertaining
the summer tourists are being map
ped out by the new officers and
directors and will be presented at
the next meeting.
TO TALK MERGER
Consideration of a plan to
complete the merger of Bre
vard and Rutherford colleges
will be taken up at a meeting
of the board of trustees of the
local institution at the Broad
Street Methodist church in
Statesville on Friday, April 17,
E. J. Coltrane, president of the
college, has announced. The
board of trustees of Rutherford
college will also meet in States
ville on that day. Rutherford
college has been out of oper
ation for some time.