PERSONALS
Mrs. J. E. Loftis suffered a
fractured ankle the past week in
a fall in the yard of her home and
will be unable to walk for several
weeks.
Mrs. C. B. Scott is visiting her
husband, who is stationed at the
Jacksonville, Fla., naval air base,
and her brother, Mr. Edwin Saltz,
and family in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Lt. Edgar Loftis, who has been
stationed at an air base in Idaho,
and Mrs. Loftis, who has been in
the west with her husband, are
here on a 15-day furlough with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Loftis and Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Vassey.
Mrs. J. B. Pettit received a mes
sage this week from her son,
Bruce Pettit, of the army air corps,
stating that he has arrived safely
in North Africa.
Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Best have
returned from a trip to New York.
They also visited Mr. Best’s family
in the central part of the state.
Mrs. D. J. Luther spent several
days last week in Beaufort and
Parris Island and Charleston, S. C.
She made the trip to see her
brother who is being transferred
to a marine base in California.
Mrs. Roscoe Nicholson, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Loftis and daughter,
Mrs. Nathan McMinn, spent Sun
day in Abbeville, S. C., guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Wilson.
Mrs. E. S. English left yesterday
for Taladega, Ala., where she will
spend several weeks visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Ted Seely, and
family. Mrs. Edwin English accom
panied her as far as Atlanta, from
where she will visit her parents in
Thomason, Ga.
Mrs. John Pickelsimer returned
last week from Bailey, where she
spent several weeks with relatives.
Mrs. R. W. Everett is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hunter,
and Mr. Hunter in New York for
several weeks.
Robert Melton expects to leave
Sunday for Durham where he will
enter the spring semester at Duke
university.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Melton and
family spent Sunday in Forest
City with relatives. They were ac
companied by their daughter, Mrs.
Edward Lane, and family, of Char
leston, S. C., who spent the week
end here.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. Arnold
Bracken a daughter, Nellie Marie,
on Feb. 16.
Mrs. N. L. Chaffee, of Morgan
ton, spent last week here with her
daughter, Mrs. Dick Carter, Mrs.
H. B. Shiflet entertained for Mrs.
Chaffee at the Pierce-Moore Fri
day afternoon with an informal
drop-in for a few friends.
Out of town relatives and friends
in Brevard for the Grimshawe
Lawson wedding on Sunday were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lawson and
daughter, Joyce, of Raleigh; Mrs.
Elizabeth Kirksey, of Pickens, S.
C.; Mrs. W. R. Orr, Mrs. G. T. Doe,
Mrs. Paul Keating, Mrs. W. E.
Kennedy, Miss Margaret Doe, Paul
Keating, all of Asheville, Richard
Grimshawe, of the army air base,
Lakeland, Fla.
Lt. Col. Steve Rheberg arrived
Sunday by plane from Puerto Rico,
where he has been stationed the
past three years, and will spend
a few weeks with his wife at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Waters, before being trans
ferred.
METHODIST FELLOWSHIP
SUPPER IS ENJOYABLE
EVENT OF THE WEEK
The fellowship supper of the
Methodist church, held in the
church dining room on Tuesday
evening, proved an enjoyable
event, which was attended by a
large number of members of the
church.
Following the bountiful supper,
served cafeteria style, a quiz was
conducted by Mrs. Burt Loomis,
after which the group sang several
favorite songs and hymns, led by
Dr. Loomis.
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Mr. McMahan thanked the mer
chants for their generosity in pro
viding the awards and expressed
his appreciation to the owners for
the use of the theatre.
Enthusiastic Farm
Leaders Meeting Is
Held Thurs. Night
Plans for reaching 1944 food and
feed production goals were dis
cussed at a meeting of 10 neigh
borhood leaders held at the home
of Misses Lorena and Sallie Mer
rill in the Little River section last
Thursday night.
Honor guests at the meeting
were Miss Willie Hunter, of the
state extension office, and Dr.
Moore, of the experiment station
who has charge of approving the
use of various varieties best ad
apted for different sections.
County Agent J. A. Glazener and
Miss Annabel Teague were pres
ent. In conclusion, refreshments
were served.
OUR FIRST
Hatch Is Off!
And they are a lively, healthy looking bunch of birds.
Other hatches will come off at frequent intervals,
making it possible for our customers to secure chicks
when they want them.
Our chicks are all hatched from eggs laid by blood
tested hens and all operations are under constant
supervision from the time eggs are placed in the ma
chines until the chicks are delivered.
B&B
Feed & Seed Co.
Office Schedule For
Income Tax Returns
Federal income returns will be
made in the Post Office building,
Room 9, on March 4 and 8, through
the 15th until midnight, it has
been announced by Dewey Gravely,
deputy collector. The hours on the
two Saturdays will be from 8:30
a. m. to 5:15 p. m.
Mr. Gravely further states,
“Please be sure to have your earn
ing slip (W-V) and if business
income, your gross income sep
arated in types and all expenses
in different totals. I have plenty
of income forms of all types.”
Mr. Gravely calls attention to
the fact that the recent notice
stating that forms would not be
printed, referred only to Estimate
Income returns for 1944, and had
no bearing on the return due on
or before March 15.
Bailey. To Operate
Gulf Station Here
Bill Bailey, who for the past two
years has been employed in the
storehouse at Ecusta, has leased
the Gulf filling station opposite
the primary school and will take
charge on March 1. Mr. Bailey is
well known in Brevard, having
been a resident of the county for
the past 15 years.
The station, beginning next Wed
nesday, will be operated under the
name of Bill Bailey’s Gulf Service
station and Harold Bagwell, who
has been in charge of it for the
past several months, will remain
with Mr. Bailey. A full announce
ment appears in another part of
this paper.
CLINICS TO BE HELD
HERE AND AT ROSMAN
The maternity, infant and im
munization clinic will be held in
the health department offices on
Friday of this week from 10 a. m.
to 4 p. m. Dr. M. B. H. Michal,
assistant district health officer,
will conduct the clinic, assisted by
Mrs. Jessie Lollis, public health
nurse.
The same type of clinic will be
held in the clinic ^rooms of the
Rosman Methodist Ajiurch on Fri
day, March 3, fromi to 4 p. m.
Immunization from diphtheria,
smallpox, whooping cough and ty
phoid are given in the health de
partment offices each Saturday
morning from 9 to 12 noon, and
on each Monday from 11 a. m. to
3 p. m.
OPA OFFICE HERE IS
GIVEN GOOD RECORD
Edwin Allison, of Sylva, field
operations officer for the OPA, l
visited the local war price and!
rationing board Friday.
According to Mattie E. Lewis,
chief clerk, Mr. Allison checked
the records during his day’s visit
and reported satisfactory opera
tions in every phase of work under
the jurisdiction of the board.
MUSIC CLUB IS BUYING
RECORDS TO BE SENT TO |
MEN IN ARMED FORCES I
The Music Appreciation club of
Brevard college gave a silver tea
last Sunday afternoon, in West
Hall living room.
Guests were met by Miss Alva
Haley, president of the club, Miss
Madge Finger, Miss Martha Oeh
man, Miss Corinne Pruitt and Gray
Freeze. Recordings furnished mu
sic throughout the afternoon.
Funds received will be used for
the purchase of albums or records
to be sent to men in the armed
services overseas.
Miss Gertrude Barnes, head of
the music department, is faculty
advisor for the club.
TIMES TEAM IS ON TOP
The Times bowling team is now
on top in the Tri-City bowling
league at Asheville. Tuesday night
they won three games from Com
munications bowlers. Reynolds
scored 542, Kappers 507, Simpson
598, Lupper 508 and Straus 489.
This puts the Times team one
game in the lead.
COUNCIL MEETING TUES.
A council meeting of officers
and teachers of the Sunday school
of the First Baptist church will be
held at the church next Tuesday
evening beginning at 7:30. Preced
ing the meeting, a supper will be
served at the church by the Fedelis
class. An interesting program will
be presented. All officers and
teachers are urged to attend.
SEVERAL FINED MONDAY
With 15 persons being taxed
fines and costs in the mayor’s
court here Monday night, a total
of around $400 was collected at
that time. Most of the defendants
were charged with public drunken
ness and fines ranged from $10 to
$30. Getting drunk in public is
expensive.
Dignity consists not in possessing
honors, but in the consciousness
that we deserve them.—Aristotle.
42 PEOPLE
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the Business and Professional Wo
men’s club should contact Mrs.
Julius Sader and have their blood
typed. In explaining that these
blood donors are not in any way
connected with the Red Cross, Mrs.
Dick Carter, chairman of publicity
in the club, said that this cam
paign is entirely a local thing and
is for the benefit of local people.
Those volunteering as blood do
nors are: Dr. Dorothy Day, Miss
Myrtice Dillard, Mrs. J. E. Hunter,
Jr., Miss Dorothy Johnson, Mrs.
Henry C. McDonald, Mrs. Curtis
Kelley, Mrs. Clarence Poole, Miss
Marie Sprinkle, Mrs. C. B. Carter,
Mrs. Charles Moore, Mrs. Mitchell
Neely, Mrs. James J. Parker, Miss
Kathleen H. Ricker, Mrs. Julius
Sader, Miss Dorothy Singletary,
Mrs. Lita B. Steppe.
Also Odell Scott, Sidney Beech
er, Lyon Dickson, Leon English,
Fred Wallin, Luke Harrison, Jack
Davies, Alvin Blythe, Fritz Brauer,
Dick Landeck and the Misses Jewel
Leslie, Mary Sue Thome, Alba
Drake, Eloise Matthews, Hazel
Boyd, Thelma Daniels , Virgie
Fisher, Billie Hollifield, Edna
Alexander, Geneva Newman, Es
telle Brotherton, Mary Lou Moore,
Margaret Zachary, Rachel Hamlin,
Jettie Bruce.
Cedar Mtn. School
& Community News
The school children enjoyed a
Valentine party last week. Joyce
Clark, dressed as the “Queen of
Hearts” gave out gifts from a red
heart box. All the children in the
lower grades received candy heart
suckers.
A Washington’s birthday party
and program were given by the
school children Tuesday. At the
conclusion of the program cake and
hot chocolate were served.
The Cedar Mountain school re
ceived a gift of a first aid kit from
the city of Brevard recently. It
contains many necessities for mi
nor injuries and will serve a splen
did purpose in the school.
J. E. Pace is showing improve
ment after a lengthy illness at his
home here.
Doyce Allison is at home re
cuperating from a recent illness in
a Greenville hospital.
Miss Amy Calhoun, a teacher in
the local school, spent last week
end with her mother in Asheville.
Joseph Jones visited relatives
near Marietta, S. C., last week.
Little Jo Ann Wickliffe, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs.. J. R. Wick
liffe, is recuperating from a seri
ous illness in Greenville.
Mrs. Dewey Wilson has been
seriously ill, but in now improving
at her home.
William L. Bishop has accepted
a position in Greenville, S. C., with
the city fire department.
Luther Huggins is ill at his
home here.
John Perry is improving after
being quite ill here. Hamp Jones
is also improving after an illness.
The art students at the school
have been busy making a spring
black board border of tulips and
daffodils.
Jerry Pierson, Ralph Pierson
and Gaston Jones, three of the
Cedar Mountain school boys, report
that while rehearsing the catching
of a ’possum on the way home
from school last week they cor
ralled the animal without any
trouble.
WILL HOLD DISTRICT
SCOUT MEET TONIGHT
The Transylvania district com
mittee of the Daniel Boone council
of Boy Scouts of America will meet
tonight at 7:30 o’clock in the city
hall.
Ed McMahan, district chairman
of the council, has asked that at
tendance be stressed in an effort
to top the record made in January
with a 100 per cent record for this
month.
At the meeting a report will be
given of National Scout week in
this district, and also there will
be a discussion of plans which are
now being made for organizing
new scout troops in this county.
The group will also include in
their discussions the district plans
for the scouts advancement pro
gram.
NOTICE OF CALL OF REPUB
LICAN COUNTY CONVENTION
FOR TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
to convene at the courthouse in
Brevard on Saturday, March 11th,
at 11 o’clock, for the purpose of
electing delegates to the State Con
vention to be held on March 16
in Charlotte and the Congressional
Convention to be held in the court
house at Asheville on March 14,
and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before
the Convention.
Precinct conventions will be
held at 2 o’clock P. M. Saturday,
March 4, for the purpose of naming
delegates to the county convention.
Ralph Fisher, Chairman,
Transylvania County,
Republican Executive
Committee.
"Womanless Wedding" Is Highlight
Feature Of Ecusta’s February Party
Highly Entertaining Perfor
mance Staged By The
Electrical Dept.
Several hundred Ecustans at
tended the Ecusta Employee party
presented by the recreation de
partment in the Ecusta cafeteria'
last Friday night.
The main feature for the evening
was a “womanless wedding” given
by 28 members of the Electric de
partment, under the direction of
Ed Happ, chief electrician. D. Gor
don, as the bride, was dressed in
a white wedding gown with a
flowing train carried by H. Meece
and J. Summey. The bride’s cor
sage was of carrots, radishes and
other vegetables.
Carrying out the tradition of
womanless weddings, the large
bride, had as a bridegroom petit
H. W. Drake. The best man was
Wayne Conn and the bridesmaids
were Pickelsimer and Waters.
Ed Lancaster, as Mr. Turnip
Green, played the pre-nuptial mu
sic.
Included in the cast for the
wedding were C. Vance and R.
Bishop as the two ushers. They
introduced the wedding guests as
they entered as: the aunt and un
cle of the bride, B. Chapman and
G. Bostic; Mrs. Nosey Toadvine—
a neighbor, E. McLean; Miss Ubika
Scratchfeed—the jilted sweetheart
of the groom, Luke Harrison; Miss
Needza Mann, R. Sherrill; the
baby sister of the bride and her
colored maid, M. Nicholson and
K. Trefzer. The “22 pound baby”
was rolled out onto the stage in
a specially built carriage.
S. Lewis and E. McCall, as the
j bride's grandmother and grandfa
ther arrived just before the mo
ther, E. Collins, who expressed dis
appointment because Tiny’s wed
ding presents were not plentiful.
The altar was artistically deco
rated for the occasion with all
kinds of vegetable sand fruits.
Jimmy Mitchell, with red nose,
high hat and lack of dignity, play
ed the role of minister.
T. Hargis and C. Holden, as
flower girls, threw string beans,
spinach and other vegetables
among the guests.
Following the wedding, the
cafeteria was cleared for dancing
and the two Ecusta orchestras
provided music for both square
dancing and round dancing. Dick
Paxton called the square dances.
The swing band making its debut
featured Lucille Heffner as vo
calist.
COUNTY MAIN
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have won this award and honor
in connection with a vital phase of
the war effort and on behalf of
the committee I wish to .thank our
industries, schools and all indi
viduals for the excellent co-opera
tion which has made this record
possible,” Chairman Wyatt stated.
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Transylvania county and had al
ways made his home here. He was
a prominent farmer of the county
until failing health several months
ago prevented his active work. He
was a member of Carr’s Hill Bap
tist church. He was well known
and had many friends.
Osborne-Simpson funeral direc
tors had charge of arrangements.
TO ENTERTAIN TODAY
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
will entertain the Workers club in
the Methodist church here this
evening between 5 and 7 o’clock.
The program will consist of games,
songs and George Washington con
tests.
TO ENFORCE NEW
WATER ORDINANCE
All Past Due Bills Must Be
Paid Promptly. Details
Are Given
A new water ordinance for the
city of Brevard is being announced
by Alex H. Kizer, city clerk and
treasurer. The new ordinance re
quires the payment of the current
water bill on or before the tenth
of each month.
The water department has been
instructed to comply strictly with
the new ordinance which speci
fies that water service shall be
discontinued until an account has
been paid and that a charge of $1
shall be made for turning water on
again.
Mr Kizer stated that those cus
tomers preferring to pay for sev
eral month’s bill must pay in ad
vance. In such a case the payment
is treated as a deposit and the
unused balance used as a refund.
Failure to receive water bill does
not exempt or alter payment dates.
The city clerk announced that
all delinquent accounts, regardless
of the amount, must be paid in full
before April first this year and
must be kept up-to-date thereafter.
All water bills are to be paid at
the city hall.
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at
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One Side Town To Other, 50c for 1 or 2
Packages, Each, 10c Extra
Greenville Highway
• City Limits to Bridge (2) - .50 =
Rockbrook-Powell Store (2) -1.00 §
Connestee Fails (2) _1.50 |
i See-Shore (2) _2.00 f
Cedar Mta. P. O. (2) _3.00 i
Caesar’s Head (2) _5.00 |
(Extra Pas. 25c each—All Above Trips)
Rossnan Road
Beyond City Limits (2) - .50 =
Tinsley Store (2) _ .50 |
Lake Sega (2) _ .75 §
Cathey Creek Bridge (2) _ .75 §
McKinney Store (2) -1.00 §
Cherryfield Junction (2) -1.50 §
Prison Camp (2) _1.75 =
Rosman-Hogsed Garage (2) -2.25 =
Till McCall Store (2) _3.50 j
McNeely Store (2) _6.00 \
Oakland-Junction (2) _6.00 §
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Boylston Road
North Brevard (2)
.50
Lamb Creek (2) _ .75
Davidson River Bridge (2) - .75
Orr Store (2) _1.00
Little Mtn.-Top (2) _ 1.50
! Edneys Store (2) _2.00
Boylston Church (2) -3.00
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Country Club Road
Country Club (2) - .50
Homer Orr (2) _ .75
Dairy (2) _1.25
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Hendersonville Road
Pisgah Tavern (2) - .50
Patton Store (1 only) - .50
Pipe Mill (2) _ .50
Lyday Store (1 only) - .75
Glade Creek (1 only) _1.00
Owenby Store (1 only) -1.25
Mitchell-Talley Store (2) _1.75
French Broad Park (2) _2.00
Blantyre Store (2) _2.75
Etowah P. O. (2)_3.75
Horse Shoe (2) _4.50
Hendersonville (2) _6.00
(Extra Pas. 25c each—All Above Trips)
Little RivOr Road
Eagle Nest Camp (2) _1.50
The Pines (2) -2.00
Jot-em-Down Store (2) _2.50
Cascade Lake (2) _3.00
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