GLANCING BACK
AT BREVARD
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Taken from the files of The
Sylvan Valley News,
beginning 1895.
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(From the file of Sept. 1906)
Mrs, Jas. A. Egerton and daugh
ter, Laura, and Miss L. Egerton,
of Raleigh, arrived at Mountain
View cottage Monday.
Jas. R. Wright, a prominent
stone and brick mason of Hender
son county,was up Tuesday to bid
on some work here.
Mrs. J. C. King has closed out
her novelty store and will spend
the winter in Spartanburg.
L. B. Houston was up from
Greenville, S. C., Saturday and
returned with Mrs. Houston on
Monday.
Miss Emma Brown is up from
Easley cotton mill to visit her
mother, Mrs. J. J. Miner, and
BLEAK DECEMBER!
Tis passing strange that
this month which furnishes
the least light out of doors,
should furnish the most light
within. It’s the Spirit of
Christmas, and the Merriest
of Christmases to you!
AUSTIN’S
STUDIO
other friends about the old home
at Cherryfield.
There is so much moisture in
the air that water hyacinths taken
from their tubs and thrown out
on the ground developed new
blossom stalks and are blooming
on the ground. Wetness is one of
the principal ingredients of the
atmosphere this summer.
More than $1,200 in postage
stamps were cancelled at Brevard
post office during the quarter end
ing September 30th.
Mrs. Benjamin Greig, who has
been spending the summer with
her daughter, Mrs. J. W. McMinn,
will return soon to her home in
Summerville, South Carolina.
Mrs. G. Corbin has been visit
ing in Brevard for three weeks in
the interest of putting her daugh
ter, Edith, in Brevard Institute.
Our farmers are getting 25 cents
per pound for butter that is
worth $1 per mile to deliver over
the muddy roads we have.
Mrs. E. S. English has just re
turned from Knoxville, Tenn.,
where she has been purchasing her
fall and winter stock of millinery
goods.
To refuse a paper at the post
office is simply a cowardly way of
insulting the editor, and to thus
refuse it when indebted to it only
doubles the insult.
Mr. Tabe Kimzey and sister,
Fannie, of Mills River, accomp
anied by two friends of Montreat
are visiting their sister, Mrs. M.
J. Orr, of North Brevard.
A new livery business will lo
cate in the building so long oc
cupied by C. E. Orr, under the
firm name of LeRoy & Whitmire.
The senior member, H. N. LeRoy,
is the recent purchaser of J. W.
McMinn’s beautiful home and is
at present in Florida. He is ex
pected as a citizen of Brevard, and
“Whit” is too well known to need
any introduction.
T. D. England says he has got
now on hand and still receiving
the largest and nicest line of
cockery and glassware he has ever
had.
How about the fine fishing we
will have after it quits raining.
However, the grasshopper crop is
all washed away and What will be
do for bait?
To win the war, Uncle Sam
needs more soybeans- than have
ever been produced before. More
peanuts and cottonseed are also
needed to help build up the oil
and feed supplies of the nation.
—Qnce=~ .==
Upon a Time
—
Five hundred years before the
birth of Christ, in the heyday of
their once great empire, the Ro
mans used apples, oranges and nuts
to -decorate their houses. They cele
brated the beginning of their spring,
called the Saturnalia, on December
22, and the symbolic use of fruits
was their way of heralding the
world’s rebirth.
Oranges, to these early Romans,
represented the sun; apples, the
moon; and nuts, the stars.
And, according to legend, the or
igin of another food customarily
found on our tables at Christmas is
surrounded by symbolism. It was
the now-familiar mince pie, and it
was once baked in the shape of a
pig (the “Christmas Boar”).
The little pieces of meat in these
pies symbolized the ancient sacri
fice of flesh upon the altar. But the
spices and fruits, truly Christian in
meaning, represented the gifts of
the Three Wise Men to the Christ
Child.
The plum pudding, too, once had
a symbolic significance. To King
Arthur and his Knights of the Round
Table, the flaming pudding repre
sented, according to legend, the
“light of the world” made visible.
Guards For Knives
Designed By Corn
During the past four years, a
good bit of thought has been given
to the possibility of a satisfactory
type of guard for the end slitter
knives on the rewinders in the
Inspection Department.
Serious hand injuries which
occurred from time to time kept
everyone not only conscious of the
existing hazard, but made them
realize that some type of protec
tion would necessarily have to
be installed to help eliminate such
injuries.
Neither the engineers repre
senting our insurance carrier or
anyone here at Ecusta had been
able to arrive at a satisfactory
type of protection.
Holland Corn, who is one of our
inspectors in this department and
has always shown an interest in
accident prevention work, has de
signed and we now have in oper
ation, reasonably satisfactory
guards for the end slitter knives.
With the exception of getting the
necessary measurements, all work
in connection with designing these
guards was done at home in his
own workshop, which further bears
out his interest in his job as well
as the welfare of his co-workers.
FOR SALE—Index cards, different
sizes, and stick files at The
Times office.
“AT CHRISTMAS play and make good cheer
For Christmas comes but once a year*'
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GLITTERING more fantastically than the jew
els of Aladdin's cave are the Christmas trees in
the windows of this town and adjoining farm
areas. Everywhere, everywhere Christmas, and
. the spirit which Christmas brings.
We love this town and its environs. We have
a great many friends, “but NOT a friend to
spare,” and at this time we want to thank them,
one and all.
Yes, Christmas comes but once a year, so it
behooves us all to make the very most of it.
On the eve of this joyous season we take great
pleasure in wishing all our friends the fullest
measure of Christmas Joy and Happiness.
Galloway’s Cafe
PETE BIKAS, Proprietor
OVER 1,000 NAMES NOW
ON HONOR ROLL BOARD
With the addition of 76 more
names that will be placed this
week on the soldier’s honor roll
board on the courthouse lawn, the
complete list will total 1,260 names
of men in the armed forces from
Transylvania county who are now
in service, according to figures re
vealed yesterday by Mrs. T. G.
Moody, who is in charge of the
board.
Names of servicemen are placed
on the board periodically, and
those whose names have to be
added are asked to contact Mrs.
Moody, Phone 365.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
By virtue of a judgment of the
Superior Court, in a Special Pro
ceeding entitled “In Re Erwin et
al., Ex Parte,” on Thursday, the
6th. day of January, 1944, at the
Court House Door, Brevard, N. C.,
at 12 o’clock noon, I will sell for
cash to the highest bidder the fol
lowing described tract of land:
BEGINNING at a Black Gum in
E. M. Allison’s outside line, and
runs South 146 poles to an oak;
thence East 31 poles and 18 links
to a Black Oak; thence North 146
poles to a stake; thence West to
the beginning. Containing 25 acres
more or less. Being the land con
veyed by E. M. Allison and others
to Eli Patton by deed dated March
16, 1884, recorded in Book No. 2,
at page 407.
Sale made for partition of pro
ceeds.
This December 6th, 1943.
R. L. GASH,
12-9-4t Commissioner.
NORTH CAROLINA'S SCRAP
CAN LICK THE JAP!
OBEDIENCE
“Where have you been, John
nie?”
“Playing ball, Mother.”
“I told you to clean the rug,
didn’t I?”
“No, ma’m, you told me to hang
it on the line and then beat it.”
SO DO WE
Hitler, inspecting his troops, ask
ed one soldier: “What would be
your last wish if a Russian bomb
fell near you?”
The soldier replied: “I would
wish that my beloved Fuehrer
could be at my side.”
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mass every Sunday and
Holy Day at N Y A Hut on
Broad street. For time of
mass, phone 352.
BUY WAR BONDS!
Have a Coca-Cola = Welcome home
... a way to revive old times
Among the things the returning soldier finds unchanged is the pause
that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. Have a “Coke" says relax and
be yourself. Around the world Coca-Cola stands for the pause that
refreshes,—has become the familiar greeting of friendly folks.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Asheville—Hendersonville Branch
It’s natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia
tions. That’s why you hear
Coca-Cola called “Coke”.
I
x* 1943 Til* C-C Co.
"Best Wishes for Christmas”
Says Reddy Kilowatt, Your Electric Servant
“You can count on me to help keep the
lamp of freedom burning brightly”
“MERRY CHRISTMAS, Folks!
And 1 say it with all my heart in
every one of the myriad of bright
lights that still burn in this Country
at Christmas.
“1 and my pals at the Power
Plant will be on the job Christmas
Day and every day—as usual—to
make sure that cheery lights burn
brightly for you .... and to bring
you beautiful Christmas music over
your radios.and by manning
your efficient electric appliances
to make every task in your home
easier and quicker—this is our con
tribution to a happy Christmas Day
the American way!
“May your Christmas be a happy
one—full of all the good things
that America offers—with its rich
opportunity to serve each other!
. . . . that’s your electric servant’s
wish for you.”
—Reddy Kilowatt.
DUKE POWER CO.
DAY PHONE 116
NIGHT PHONE 16