PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Griffin, of
Deferiet, N. Y,. are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. James E. Brown,
and family.
Mrs. C. L. Newland and two
little daughters, Mary Jane and
Joanne, are spending several
weeks in Laurinburg, with Cap
tain Newland, who is at the Lau
rinburg-Maxton air base.
Dr. A. W. Long has rented the
house Of Mrs. J. H. West on the
corner of Probart and the Tran
sylvania camp road.
Miss Annie May Patton is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Arch Graham,
and family in Raeford.
Mrs. John Pickelsimer returned
last week from a visit of two
weeks with her mother, who has
been quite ill at her home in
Bailey, but is reported to be im
proving.
Mrs. F. N. Wilson and little son,
Mack, of Camden, S. C., were
visitors the past week of the for
mer’s twin sister, Miss Marie Gall
oway.
Mrs. C. G. Clapp and little
daughter, Dorothy, of Greensboro,
were guests last week of the
former’s mother, Mrs. R. F. Mock.
They were accompanied on the
return to Greensboro Sunday by
Mr. Clapp and the other three
children, who spent the week end
here.
Mrs. Crockett Hendricks and
daughter, Frances, visited the for
mer’s mother and other relatives
and friends in Pickens, S. C., the
past week.
Mrs. S. T. Usry, of the Forestry
Service in Asheville, spent the
week-end here with her father,
Mr. D. P. Kilpatrick.
Mrs. L. E. Reece has returned
to her home in the Quebec sec
tion, after spending the winter in
Brevard with her daughter, Mrs.
Judson McCrary.
Dr. C. J. Goodwin has returned
to Brevard after attending clinics
given by the North Carolina Den
tal Society in Raleigh.
Mr. John Reese Sledge, who is
in defense work with the Civil
Aeronautics, with headquarters in
Atlanta, Ga., visited his wife here
the past week, and Mrs. Sledge
spent several days with her hus
band while he was stationed in
Spartanburg, S. C., last week.
Mrs. S. H. Morgan, of Seattle,
Wash., has been the guest of Mr.
R. P. Kilpatrick and family. Mrs.
Morgan is a sister of the late
Mrs. Kilpatrick
Mrs. C. D. Brown and daughter,
Miss Charlotte, returned' Tuesday
to Abbeville, S. C., after spending
the past week here getting their
summer home on Thomas street
ready for occupancy when they re
turn to Brevard the first of June.
Miss Louise Brown remained here
to keep the house open until her
mother and sister return.
Mrs. Ella Hubbard and daugh
ter, Miss Gladys Gash, returned to
their home in Mills River on Mon
day, after spending the winter
with Mrs. John Maxwell.
Mr. and Mrs. William King and
two little daughters, Martha Ann
and Betty Frances, of Goldsboro,
are here visiting Mr. King’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Kay
King.
Mrs. Jack Schulman and little
daughter, Antoinette, are visiting
the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Brodes, in Miami Beach,
Florida.
Mrs. L. K. Ratchford and two
sons, Kenneth and Bobby, ex
pect to leave tomorrow for Fon
tana Dam, where they will spend
the summer with Mr. Ratchford,
who is with the TV A project there.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Miller met
their son, N. A. Jr., in Greenville
last Saturday afternoon. N. A., Jr,
is in the air corps and is in train
ing at Clemson College, S. C.
Mrs. V. J. Dixon is spending
several weeks in Jacksonville, N.
C., with her husband, who is sta
tioned at the nearby marine base
at New River. Since her husband
entered service, Mrs. Dixon has
been here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Runion.
Mrs. Durward Smith and son,
David, are visiting in Brevard for
two weeks. Mr. Smith is employed
at Dale Hollow Dam, Celina, Tenn.
Mr. B. D. Franklin returned Sun
day from Mountain Home, John
son City, Tenn., where he has
been under treatment for some
time at Veterans' hospital. Mrs.
Franklin and two children. Gene
and Phyllis, went to Johnson City
to accompany Mr. Franklin home
on Sunday.
Mrs. Ernest Tilson is visiting at
her home in McColl. S. C.
Pvt. John McMinn returned
Saturday to the training camp at
Savannah, Ga.. after spending his
fui'lough here with his mother,
Mrs. Ethel McMinn.
Mr. Frank Bridges spent the
week-end in Washington, D. C.
Pvt. Rastus Allison, o f New
February Bride
Mrs. John D. Smith, above, of
Brevard, was before her marri
age in Clayton, Ga., on February
13, Miss Violet McCall, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Mc
Call, of Balsam Grove. Mrs.
Smith is employed at Ecusta,
and her husband is in the arm
ed forces, stationed now at San
Diego, California.
River, spent the week-end with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
Allison.
Mr. Lewis Anders, of Hender
sonville, was a business visitor in
Brevard last week.
Mr. William Herbert has return
ed to Brevard from Murphy, where
he has been the past several
months.
, Mr. and Mrs. Earl T\viggs and
two children were Greenville vis
itors last week.
Mrs. Lita Steppe, who under
went an operation at Biltmore
hospital the past week, is reported
to be recovering nicely.
Mrs. Dewey Gravely is spending
this week in Elizabeth City with
her husband, who is Internal Rev
enue collector there.
Miss Emily Feaster, of Furman
University, Greenville, S. C., spent
the week-end here with her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Feaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pearce are
visiting Mr. Pearce's two sisters,
Mrs. Preston Moseley, and hus
band in Washington, D. C., and
Mrs. Milton Thiessen, and Mr.
Thiessen. in New York City.
Mrs. Juanita Pearce, who went
to Charlotte some time ago, is
now in defense work in that city.
Pvt. Charles McJunkin, of Mi
ami Springs, Fla., Sam McJunkin.
seaman first class, and Otho
Bowen, of the Naval base at Nor
folk, Va., were called here last
week on emergency leave on ac
count of the death of their grand
mother, Mrs. Mahalia P. Allison,
who died last Friday night at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Bert
McJunkin.
Mrs. Allen Brittain and little
daughter, Terry, and Mrs. Tom L.
Allen are visiting relatives in
Washington, D. C., this week.
Mr. J. Sewell Davis and wife,
Sgt. Davis, of the WAACs, station
ed at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., were
guests the past week of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ford.
Captain and Mrs. Randal J. Ly
day, of Monroe, have been visiting
relatives here the past week.
County Agent J. A. Glazener,
H. D. Agent Miss Annabel Teague
and assistant County Agent T. S.
Gash attended a district meeting
in Waynesville yesterday, which
was called to discuss the farm
labor situation.
Local Couple To
Marry On June 5th
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Husftamp,
of Brevard, have announced the
wedding date of their daughter,
Miss Annette Caroline Huskamp,
to Pfc. James Benjamin Pickel
simer, of Fort Sill, Okla., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer,
of Brevard.
The wedding will take place on
Saturday afternoon, June 5, at 6
o’clock at the Brevard Methodist
church.
MARRIAGE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Adger L. Capps,
of Penrose, have announced the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Alcovia Margrette Capps, to Pfc.
Elmo James Smith, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Smith, of Laurens, S.
C.
The wedding took place on May
7th.
Pfc. Smith is in the U. S. army
service, stationed now at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT HAS
BUSINESS SOCIAL MEET
The May business and social
meeting of the Local Department
of the Methodist church was held
on Tuesday evening at the home
of Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, with Mrs.
W. A. Jenkins as co-hostess.
Following routine business, con
ducted by the chairman, Mrs. A.
R. Gillespie, contests were enjoy
ed, in charge of Mrs. J. S. Nich
olson. Mrs. J. E. Loftis and Mrs.
May Queen Crowned At Brevard College
Climaxing a colorful hour-long May day festival held on the
campus at Brevard College, Miss Eleanor Ledford, of Rural Hall,
N. C., as shown above, was crowned May Queen by Prince Charm
ing, Frank Crawford, of Honea Path, S. C. Standing on either side
of the throne are escorts, Velma West, of Yadkinville, N. C.,
maid-of-honor, and on the right, Herbert Gregory, best man. There
were a total of sixty students in the May court.
D. J. Luther were winners in the
two contests.
Refreshments were served by
the joint hostesses during the
social period.
AUXILIARY BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION ON 20TH
The Auxiliary of the Presby
terian church will have the an
nual Auxiliary birthday celebra
tion and party at the church hut
on Thursday afternoon, May 20th,
at 3:30 o’clock.
The program on the topic, “The
Need For Christian Literature in
Mexico,” will be in charge of Mrs.
Paul Baker. A special offering
for this cause will be taken at
the meeting.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients reported yesterday af
ternoon to be in the Transylvania
Community hospital were: Mrs.
Charles- McCrary and infant daugh
ter, Mayron Feme, born Friday,
May 7, which date was also the
birthday of the baby’s father; Elea
nor Medford, Houston Pressley.
Milton Allison, Frank Kerber,
Mrs. W. H. Bentley, Mrs. Eugene
Wilson and infant son. Thomas
Eugene, born May 11, Mrs. Walter
Houston, Miss Lela Browning,
Mrs. A. H. Toney, Mrs. Doyle De
vore, Mrs. Charlie Orr and infant
son, James Dwight, born April 30,
Mrs. Corrie Orr and infant son,
born May 9.
BLANTYRE NEWS
By Mrs. Ada Reed
Mr. Milton Rahn, of Rincon,
Ga., arrived Monday for a short
visit with his brother, Mr. P. A.
Rahn and family here.
Little Miss Emily Morgan,
daughter of Mrs. Ada Morgan, re
cently visited her grandmother,
Mrs. Smith, near Selica.
Miss Ethel Snelson, of Brevard,
spent the week-end with Miss Irma
Rahn. She also visited Miss Jewel
Reed Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Davis and
children, Jeanette and Margaret,
spent mother’s day with Mrs.
Davis’ mother, Mrs. P. A. Rahn.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gray and
daughter, Louise, visited Mrs.
Gray's mother, Mrs. John Reed,
Sunday.
Mr. Clarence Nicholson has re
cently purchased a nice young
horse.
Misses Clara Belle Morgan and
Ruby Brewer are employed at
Ecusta now.
Farmers and gardners of this
section are thankful for the nice
showers as the gardens were in
need of rain.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lee Simp
son, of Etowah, were recent visi
tors of the former’s mother, Mrs.
Lewis Simpson.
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ON THE
HOME FRONT
News From Home
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SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
Monday, May 17th — Brevard
Home Demonstration club will
meet with Mrs. J. E. Waters at
3:30 p. m.
Tuesday, May 18th—Lake Tox
away Home Demonstration club
will meet at school house at 2:30
p. m.
Wednesday, May 19th — Cal
vert-Cherryfield Home Demon
stration club will meet with Mrs.
Judd Plott at 2:30 p. m.
Thursday, May 20th — Glady
Branch Home Demonstration club
will meet with Mrs. Roy Waldrop
at 2:00 p. m.
Friday, May 21st—Little River
Home Demonstration club will
meet with Mrs. Roscoe McCall at
2:30 p. m.
Saturday, May 22nd — Office.
Musical Program
Given At Kiwanis
Club Meeting Fri.
National Music Week was ob
served by Brevard Kiwanis club
at its meeting at The Bryant last
Friday evening, with featured mu
sic by Miss Lillie Brown, teacher
at Brevard college, and Miss Julia
Owen, college soloist of note.
John Eversman, band leader
and music instructor, told some
thing of the proven value of music
for tired or jaded people, with
especial application of music hav
ing been tried and proven bene
ficial to munitions plant workers
in England.
F. S. Best had charge of the
program, and was complimented
for his taste in carrying out the
music week idea.
SINGING CONVENTION
The upper district singing con
vention will be held at the Zion
Baptist church in Rosman on Wed
nesday night. May 19th, at 8:00
o'clock, it has been announced by
Glenn Winchester. The date was
changed from the third Sunday af
ternoon as previously announced,
due to the Western North Caro
lina singing to be held this Sun
day afternoon.
Ladies’
RAYON HOSE
New spring colors, 50c value,
pair only—
39c
Crinkle
BEDSPREADS
Double bed size, guaranteed
washable, each—
98c
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Unbleached
SHEETING
Heavy LL quality, 36 inches
wide, 19c value, yard—
15c
Tailored
CURTAINS
Full size, cream and ecru, 79c
value, pair—
59c
SUN HATS
Just the thing to wear in your
Victory Garden. Each—
35c
Fast Colored
PRINTS
Large selection new patterns,
guaranteed washable, 36 inches
wide, 25c value—per yard—
19c
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Selfast
BROADCLOTH
36 inches wide, every desirable
color, 35c value, yard—
25c
Ladies’
UNIFORMS
Discontinued numbers in slight
ly soiled garments, some with
zipper side pockets, $2.98 value.
Only—
$1.00
Men’s Tan
WORK PANTS
Heavy cotton twill, sanforized
and vat dyed, sizes 29 to 36,
$2.50 value—
$1.98
Men’s Chambray
WORK SHIRTS
Fine quality chambray, two
pockets, full cut, $1.49 value—
98c
Boys’
OVERALL PANTS
Dungaree style, heavy blue
denim, riveted, sizes 6 to 16,
$1.59 value. Pair—
98c
Just take a few steps down, profitable ones, and
visit our basement. You will find values and mer
chandise there that will surprise and please you.
Make this a daily or weekly habit.
Men’s
UNDER SHIRTS
Fine quality combed yarn, 35c
value—
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Children’s
ANKLETS
New spring colors, fine mer
cerized cotton, 19c value, pair
only—
15c
Children’s
PRINT DRESSES
Two large racks of children’s
fast colored print dresses, fine
quality print, some 80 squares,
values to $1.49, sizes 1 to 16.
79c
CURTAIN GOODS
36 inches wide, cream and ecru,
an unbelievable value, yard—
10c
Perhaps you will from time to time find very
rare and scarce merchandise, namely, pins,
needles, bobby pins, elastic, snaps and many
other items.
1-2 PRICE
Entire basement stock
ladies’ Coats and Suits,
slashed to—
1-2 PRICE
UNRATIONED
SHOES
Three large racks unrationed
shoes, ladies’, men’s and chil
drens, pair—
79cTO $1.98
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