The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 50
SECOND SECTION
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942
SECOND SECTION
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY GETS SALVAGE PENNANT
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Brevard Churches To Feature Christmas Services And Programs Sunday
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
PUNNED; PUBLIC IS
CORDIALLY INVITED
Cantata And Pageant Be
Given Sunday Evening.
Plans Announced
ELLIOTT TO PREACH
Special Christmas services and
programs featuring the singing of
Christmas carols will be held in
Brevard churches this Sunday and
everybody is cordially invited to
attend.
The young people will give
Christmas programs during the
Sunday school hour. Sermon top
ics for the morning services will
center around the Christmas
theme and special evening pro
grams are being arranged.
Dr. Phil Elliott, of the Western
North Carolina Teachers college,
will preach at 11 o’clock at the
Baptist church; while the pastors
will preach at the other churches
—Rev. Ashby Johnson at the
Presbyterian church, Rev. W. A.
Jenkins at the Methodist church
and Rev. Harry Perry at the Epis
copal church.
Sunday morning Brevard Col
lege day will also be observed at
the Methodist church and Presi
dent E. J. Coltrane will make a
short talk. Any other church de
siring to take a special collection
for Brevard College is encouraged
to do so.
An early Christmas service will
bf» held at the Enisconc’ '•hurelj,
at 8 o’clock.
The Sunday schools of the Meth
odist and Baptist churches are to
observe “white Christmas” Sun
day by bringing gifts to be given
to the needy and orphans. Gifts
from the Methodist church will be
turned over to the firemen for
distribution and the Baptist will
send presents to the Thomasville
Orphanage.
Sunday evening a Christmas
Cantata will be given at the Pres
byterian church. At the Baptist
church the Junior department will
present a play-pageant, entitled
“The Miracle of The Wood Shoe,”
under the direction of Mrs. Melvin
Gillespie, assisted by Mrs. Hugh
Hollifield and Mrs. W. P. Tindall.
The senior and junior choirs will
sing Christmas carols. At the
Methodist church a special Christ
mas service will also be held.
Churches in the county are also
expected to hold Christmas ser
vices Sunday.
Dr. Elliott Preaching
At Baptist Church Here
During Rev. B. W. Thomason’s
absence, Dr. Phil Elliott, profes
sor of English at Western North
Carolina Teachers College, has
agreed to preach every Suhday
morning at 11 o’clock at the Bre
vard Baptist church, Julian Glaze
ner announced this week.
When the school term ends
next spring, Dr. Elliott plans to
spend the summer here. In the
meantime, various preachers will
be invited to preach from time to
time at the Sunday evening ser
vices.
Dr. Elliott is an outstanding min1'
ister and educator. For years he
taught at Mars Hill and was at
one time vice president of the
college.
Stores And Offices
To Close Two Days
For Xmas Holidays
Practically all stores in Bre
vard, the bank, town and county
offices will be closed next Fri
day and Saturday in observance
of the Christmas holidays, it was
learned yesterday.
Forty-two stores, including
grocery, department and drug
stores, have signed an agreement
to close next Thursday night and
re-open on the following Mon
day.
All schools in the county will
close tomorrow and re-open on
Monday, January 4. Brevard Col
lege closes today.
Special Christmas programs
are being planned for this Sun
day in all of the local churches.
Corey Family In United States Air Forces
The Corey family is weil represented in the U. S. Army air forces.
Maj. Warner R. Corey (left), engineering officer at Bolling Field]
Washington, D. C., is shown congratulating the latest member of the
family to join Uncle Sam’s sky soldiers. Left to right: Maj. Corey,
Pvts. Sherrill V., 18; Warner L., 24; Donald L., 20. Maj. Corey, father
of the three air-minded boys, was a naval flier in World War I. The
entire family is stationed at Bolling Field.
Brevard Merchants Anticipate
A Record Christmas Business;
Santa Returns Here Saturday
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Starting Tomorrow Night
Stores To Remain Open
Until Christmas
’ Ally ikven more shopping"
days until Christmas, Brevard
merchants are anticipating a rec
ord Yuletide business this week
end and by special arrangements
Santa Claus will return Saturday
and spend the day visiting the
stores and giving candy to the
children.
All of the little tots in Tran
sylvania and adjoining counties
are invited to come to Brevard
and to see Santa.
Last Saturday children swamped
around him all day, receiving
candy and telling him of their
wishes for Christmas.
Merchants reported yesterday
that they were doing an exception
ally good business, and declared
that they still have rather full
stocks of Christmas merchandise
of all kinds.
Santa is also expected to return
to Brevard on Christmas eve.
Starting tomorrow, Friday, lo
cal stores will remain open at
nights until Christmas.
SUGAR COUPON NO. 10
GOOD FOR 3 POUNDS
The number 10 sugar coupon,
which must be used between De
cember 16 and January 31, is
good for 3 pounds of sugar, the
rationing board announces.
It was also announced that
prices have now been fixed on
beef at wholesale to insure a
fairer distribution. This became ef
fective on December 16.
JAYCEES TO STAGE
BINGO PARTY FRL
Will Be Held In Pickelsimer
Building Here. Public
Is Invited
A bingo party, under the spon
sorship of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce, will be staged Friday
night, December 18th, in the
Pickelsimer building t formerly oc
cupied by the Brevard Drug com
pany, Jaycee officials announce.
It is understood that the party
has a double purpose, in that
war savings stamps are given as
prizes, while bingo is wholesome
recreation for the townspeople, the
Jaycees point out.
A committee of L. W. Bonnell,
chairman, William Bangs and Al
len Brittain have made complete
arrangements for the party. They
explained that the Jaycees will
put on the party Friday night,
while other civic organizations will
put on similar bingo parties
each Friday night at the same
time and place beginning the
firsft Friday night in January.
Other organizations assisting the
junior chamber with these bingo
parties are the Women’s Civic
club, the Kiwanis club and the
Lions club.
No admission will be charged
at the door. A small fee will be
charged each bingo player. War
stamps will be the only prizes
given except an occasional war
bond.
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4-H Clubs And Schools Will
Sponsor Another Scrap Drive
The 4-H clubs in Transylvania
county, in co-operation with the
schools, will conduct a renewed
scrap metal campaign, Howard
Wyatt and Julian Glazener an
nounce.
The drive will start tomorrow
and continue for an indefinite
period of time.
All 4-H club members, as well
as all school children, are urged
to spend their spare time during
the Christmas holidays collecting
scrap and taking it to the school
grounds or to other designated
collection centers.
The government is appealing to
the 4-H clubs, schools and to far
mers to “get in the scrap.”
Chairman Wyatt said that this
drive is important for several rea
sons, one of which is that there
is only about 125,000 lbs. of scrap
gathered up in the county to be
hauled and that the WPA trucks
can complete this hauling in about
two weeks’ time.
“At that time unless we have
other "'scrap collected, we may
lose the trucks to some other
county and not be able to get
them back,” Wyat said.
Donald Nelson, WPB chief, is
asking all farmers to gather up
all heavy scrap.
“If you have a good deal anc
can’t haul it to a collection cen
ter, just notify me at the citj
hall in Brevard,” he declared.
He pointed out to 4-H club mem
bers and school children that the
government is still paying 30 cents
per hundred pounds and is doing
the * hauling, too.
“Here’s a good chance to earn
some money during the holidays
and to help win the war too.”
T. S. Gash, assistant agent who
is in charge of 4-H club work with
Miss Teague, issued a statement
this week, urging all club mem
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TO HOLD CANTATA
SUNDAY EVENING
Outstanding Christmas Pro
gram To Be Held At Pres
byterian Church
At the local Presbyterian church
Sunday evening at 7:30, all
churches of the city and the pub
lic are cordially invited to an
unusual Christmas play and Can
tata, entitled “Like Stars in a
Dark World.” The theme of the
play centers around a modem
family who are facing one of the
strongest Christmases of all times.
Those in this cast include: Mr.
and Mrs. Roland Wilber, C. R.
Taggart, Ed Happ, Bob T. Gash,
Keith Pooser, Jr. The second act
goes back to the first Christmas
in Bethlehem—a tableau of simp
le beauty and exquisite choral
weaving of music with the vari
ous scenes of: shepherds, wise
men, Bethlehem children and the
modern family, all coming in turn
to the manger scene for hope
and abiding joy. Those taking
part in the tableau include: Jerry
Jerome, Mrs. Charles Cooke, Jack
Patton, John Vassey, Paul Bak
er, Walter Hart, Alfred Neu
mann, and Arthur Jenkins. The
Bethlehem children are: Elinor
Everett, Jerry Jerome, Jr., Bet
ty Wheeler, Mary Nell Poor, Nan
cy Simmons, Jimmy Kimzey, and
Walter Everett.
“Like Stars in a Dark World,”
was written locally, especially to
depict the modem feelings about
Christmas, with the colorful and
lovely musical accompaniments to
the living portrayal^,/ the first
Christmas. The play and tableau
are ably conducted by Mrs. Walt
er Hart. The music is directed by
Mrs. Ashby Johnson, the chorus
consisting of 35 voices from the
Presbyterian junior choir and
an interdenominational adult
choir. Some members of the choir
from other churches include: Rev.
Harry Perry, Richard Franklin,
Jeanette Austin, Betty F i n c k,
Miss Emmi Neuberger, and others.
The pianist is Miss Alice Johnson.
At the conclusion of the cantata
there will be a candle-lighting ser
vice. The entire program is sche
duled to last one hour and 15
minutes.
Sales Of Christmas
Seals Progressing
Response to the Christmas seal
sale campaign has been exception
ally good and already more sales
have been made than at this time
last year, according to an an
nouncement of Mrs. E. F. Tilson,
secretary-treasurer of the Transyl
vania County Seal Sale.
A total of $206.30 from the en
velope campaign has been sold to
date, and in addition $35.00 worth
of Sharing Happiness bonds have
been sold by Jerry Jerome.
Mrs. Tilson makes the request
that those who have not mailed in
the cash in the return envelope for
stamps sold or used, please do so
immediately. The proceeds of the
sale are used in the treatment of
tuberculosis in the county and
state.
Chairman R. T. Kimzey states
that the schools, as well as the
public, are co-operating splendidly
and that he hopes to surpass the
quota.
NAMES & ADDRESSES
OF MEN ARE WANTED
William J. Wallis, of Brevard,
commander of the Monroe Wil
son post of the American Leg
ion, is extremely anxious to
get the name and address of
every Transylvania man in
service so that the post can send
him a personal Christmas greet
ing on behalf of the people of
the county.
All parents, relatives and
friends of men in service are
asked to send a postal card to
Commander Wallis, Brevard, giv
ing this information. Prompt
ness is urged.
“We have already received
names and addresses and have
sent greetings to a large number
of our men in service, and we
want to do this for every one,”
Mr. Wallis said.
Here Is Point Ration Book No. Two
Mr. and Mrs. America, this is the point war ration book number two
you’ll receive early in 1943. Under this system, coupons will be used to
secure rationed items. The point system of rationing has been used suc
cessfully in England. (Central Press)
Red Cross Worker To Arrive
Here Sunday To Help Organize
Home Nursing Class In County
SUPERIOR COURT
ADJOURNS TOURS.
Speed Used In Disposing Of
Cases. Two Divorces
Granted.
After setting a new record for
speedy disposal of criminal and
civil cases, the December term
of Transylvania superior court ad
journed last Thursday afternoon.
Divorces were granted in two
cases. They were Nellie Moore
vs Charles Moore and Lelia Owen
vs Louis Owen.
E. S. English and others were
awarded a verdict of $52.31 against
R. P. and Harold Kilpatrick. The
suit involved a matter of rent.
In the case of Geneva Banther,
by her next friend Essie Banther,
vs the Duke Power company, the
plaintiff was ordered to recover
the sum of $783.50 for personal
injuries.
In a compromise judgment, Mrs.
Alvin Rockwood is to receive $56
from W. L. Wood.
A judgment was signed in the
case of J. W. Wilson, administra
tor of the estate of T. H. Ship
man and others against Transyl
vania county, authorizing the
plaintiff to recover or to obtain a
refund of $2000.
Attorney Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr.,
was awarded a verdict of $77.50
against the Town of Rosman for
legal services rendered in con
nection with street improvement
work.
KIWANIS MEETS TODAY
The last meeting of the Brevard
i Kiwanis club for this year will be
held at the Bryant House at 12:15
today with C. M. Douglas in charge
| of the program.
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All Clubs And Organiza
tions Interested Request
ed To Help In Work
Miss Elsie Witchen, a represen
tative of the American Red Cross,
/will arrive in Brevard Sunday
and will be here all next week to
assist the local chapter in organ
izing Red Cross home nui'siug
classes throughout the county,
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, chair
man of the home nursing com
mittee of the Transylvania chap
ter, announced today.
“We want to organize classes
in as many communities of the
county as possible and every or
ganization that is interested in
helping to organize and sponsor
a class is urged to get in touch
with me or with Mr. Jerry Jerome
immediately,” Mrs. McCrary stat
ed.
Without cost to the county,
the Red Cross has promised to
send an instructor to conduct the
classes sometime after the first
of the year. To take advantage of
this opportunity, however, it is
necessary that arrangements for
class organizations be completed
next week, Mrs. McCrary said.
To organize a class it is neces
sary to have at least 20 persons.
The classes meet twice weekly,
two hours for each meeting and
the entire course is completed in
24 hours, or 12 meetings.
Schools, clubs, and various civic
organizations could assist in spon
soring the classes.
“This is a real opportunity for
our county,” Mrs. McCrary de
clared. “War conditions have made
professional nursing care in the
homes just about out of the
question and wars usually cause
epidemics of disease and sickness.
Therefore, it is very important
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Bagwell And Two South Carolinians
To Die In Electric Chair January 8
Clarence “Buster” Bagwell, for
merly of Brevard, will die in the I
electric chair at Columbia, S. C., j
on January 8th unless Governor j
Jefferies decides to intervene.
Bagwell and two others, Mrs.
Sue Logue and George Logue, of
Edgefield county, S. C., are slat
ed to be electrocuted for the slay
ing of Davis W. Timmerman, Edge
field county storekeeper over a [
year ago.
Solicitors are opposing execu-'
tive clemency for the three, and
Solicitor Griffith states that in
his opinion the case would not be
taken to the United States Su-;
preme court as he believed no j
federal law was involved.
The trio were convicted last j
January and the case was ap
pealed to the state supreme court,
with no avail. The court last week j
refused a re hearing in the case |
which was tried at Lexington to j
climax a series of five killings j
that had its inception in an argu
ment over a call.
The Logues were convicted of
planning Timmerman’s death. Bag
well, age 34 who left here about
three years ago, was charged with
slaying the man for $500.
The first to die in the Vendet
ta like slaying was Wallace Logue,
Mrs. Sue Logue’s husband and
George Logue’s brother. Tim
merman was acquitted of this kil
ling, which occurred in Septem
ber, 1940.
Timmerman was slain in Sep
tember 1941, then in December
three officers died violent deaths
in a gun battle at the Logue farm.
The officers had gone to serve
warrants, charging the Logues
with the Timmerman death.
Mtsl Logue, a former school
teacher, is South Carolina’s first
woman to face execution.
Bagwell had been living in
Spartanburg, S. C. He is the son
of the late Mark Bagwell, and did
logging in this county.
AWARD CEREMONY
TO BE HELD HERE
ERL AFTERNOON
Large WPB Pennant To Fly
Over Service Board On
Courthouse Lawn
SERVICE AT 3 P. M.
A large Victory Salvage Pen
nant, awarded to the county by
the War Production Board for
having collected over 100 pounds
of scrap metal per capita during
the months of September and
October, will be formally pre
sented to county officials by
Chairman Howard Wyatt and
other members of the salvage
committee tomorrow (Friday) af
ternoon at 3 o’clock in front of
the courthouse.
A brief ceremony will be held
and the public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
The pennant will be raised over
one end of the “men in service
honor roll board” and the United
States flag will fly over the other
end of the large and impressive
board.
Transylvania is one of the tew
counties in the state to receive
the Victory Salvage Pennant
award.
During the two months, total
scrap collections reported were
2,491,031 pounds or a per capita
average of 203.4 pounds, second
highest in the state.
SIX MEN PLACED .
IN ONE-A CROUP
Will Be Subject To Draft
Soon. Other Classifica
tions Announced
Six men were placed in class
1-A at a meeting of the draft
board during the past week. They
are Wyatte Aiken, Harry Manley,
Zeno H. Ponder, James T. Wall^
Russell L. Owen and Kenneth V.
McMurry.
All of the men who left last
week for service were placed in
1-C and also the following: Mar
shall M. Feaster, William H. Gal
oway, Dewey S. Winchester, Jr.,
who enlisted in the reserves as a
second lieutenant, David B. Frank
lin and Blaine F. Parker.
Placed in 2-B were Lester
Thomas and Hilliard O. Crawford,
Jr. In 3-A are Rice J. Pickelsim
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R. M. POWELL FUNERAL
BE HELD THIS P. hf.
Funeral service will be held this
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at the Middle Fork Baptist church
for R. M. Powell, 75, who died
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock
at his home in Rosman, follow
ing an extended illness. Rev. Bill
Holcombe, pastor, will be in
charge of the service.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Miss Texanna Morgan, two
daughters, Mrs. Gus Aiken’ and
Mrs. Nathan Chapman, of Ros
man, and seven sons, J. W., R. C.»
M. C., C. O., F. L., and Leason
Powell, all of Rosman. Also sm>
viving are 56 grandchildren and
13 great-grand children.
Times Giving Free
Tickets To Theatre
Maybe you are the winner of
a free ticket to the Co-Ed theatre
here:
In all of the Christmas adver
tising in this edition will be
found names of Transylvania^
county people. Read the ads
carefully and if you find your
name, bring a copy of the adver
tisement in which your name ap
pears, to The Times office and
you will be given a free theatre
ticket
The names printed in the ads
were chosen impartially from the
post offices on the mailing list
of The Times. The names must
be called for and used before
January 1.
The advertisements also af
ford a solution to your Christ
mas shopping problems.