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Vol. 54; No. 16 The Transylvania Times Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944 ★ SECTION ONE * PUBLISHED WEEKLY TWO COUNTY PRIMARY CONTESTS ***************** '**.*****^*4. Circulation Of Library Tripled Since February MANY NEW BOOKS PURCHASED AND LIBRARY PAINTED Harry Straus Contributes $1,000. Other Contribu tions Are Made MiSS BEAL PLEASED Circulation of the library here has more than tripled since it was converted into a free county wide public library the first of February, Mrs. Lehman Kapp, li brarian, announced today. A large number of new books have already been purchased and many others will be added in the near future, she stated. Mrs. Oliver Orr, chairman of the library board, also announced that Harry Straus has contributed $1000 to the new institution, bring ing the total local subscription up to nearly $1,700. Previously the town and county had each given $160: the women’s clubs of Bre vard had contributed around $160 and over $200 had been raised from local business and industrial firms. “This money, together with what we are receiving from state-aid will enable us to buy a good many more books and to improve the services of the library,” Mrs. Orr stated. “As the library continues to grow, we hope to expand its ser vices and to establish book sta tions at Rosman and perhaps other points in the county.” Mrs. Orr also pointed out that the interior of the library build ing has been painted and beauti fied and that the library is now open three nights a week. At the present time, the library hours are: open every day except Thursday and Sunday from 10:30 to 12:30 in the mornings and 2:30 to 5:30 in the afternoons; open Monday. Wednesday and Friday nights from 7 until 9 o'clock. Miss Marjorie Beal, state li —Turn To Page Eight PUBLIC URGED TO BUY WAR BONDS County Is Running Behind On Quota. Finance Com mittee To Meet Mon. For the first time since the sale of war bonds was started, Tran sylvania county failed to reach its quota during the month of March and sales this month are running behiqd, Chairman Ed McMahan stated today. The March quota was approxi mately $36,000 and sales amounted to only about $22,000. The April quota is $35,000 and some extra work is badly needed to reach it, McMahan said. “We made such an outstanding record during the Fourth War Loan drive that I’m not surprised at running a little behind on the March quota, but this month we must go over the top and I am now appealing to every man, wom an and child in the county to buy —Turn To Page Four County Schools Get Books As A Result Of Fire In Raleigh This week Supt. J. B. Jones cited positive proof of the adage that every dark cloud has a silver lining. Several months ago a fire in an educational building at Ral eigh damaged a large number of books. This week the Transyl vania county school system re ceived free 250 books that had been slightly damaged by smoke in that fire. Mr. Jones sent approximately 100 of the books to the two high schools and the remaining 150 books will be used as a circu lation library in the smaller schools. The books are in good con dition and include all kinds of reading material for all grades. Mrs. Gerald Griswold Elected President Of County’s Home Demonstration Club Council Annual Meeting Held Here Last Friday. Other Of ficers Are Chosen Election of officers, project leaders and committee chairmen was featured at a meeting of the Home Demonstration council of Transylvania county, which was held in the office of Miss Annabel Teague, home agent, last Friday. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Gerald Griswold, Pisgah Forest club, president; Mrs. J. A. Glazener, Brevard club, vice president; Mrs. M. C. Ship man, Little River club, secretary treasurer; Mrs. J. L. Gillespie, as sistant secretary, Calvert- Cherry field club. County project leaders were elected as follows: Mrs. Clarence Green, Lamb’s Creek club, foods; Mrs. C. A. McCormick, North Bre vard club, marketing; Mrs. Boyce Bishop, Cedar Mountain club, house furnishing; Mrs. Carl Tal ley, Penrose club, home beautifi cation; Mrs. Riley Merrill, Glady Branch club, clothing. The following committee chair men were named; war service, Mrs. E. H. Davis, Rosman club; Mrs. E. H. Mackey, Little River club, and Mrs. Dock Banther, Lake Toxaway club; educational, Mrs. Will Glazener, Calvert-Cherryfield club; loan fund. Mrs. C. R. Zieg ler, Calvert-Cherryfield club. Guest speakers at the meeting were Miss Anna C. Rowe, western district home agent, of Asheville, who discussed the district reports and the importance of getting them sent in on time; and Miss Willie N. Hunter, State College exten sion clothing specialist, who gave a demonstration on “Being Well Dressed.” Decision was made to hold the next county council meeting on September 8th for the purpose of making plans for Achievement day, to be held in October. Those attending the council meeting were: Mrs. Bob Cansler, Mrs. Carl Hamby, Mrs. Gerald Griswold. Mrs. C. A. McCormick. Mrs. Burch Brown. Mrs. Joe Siniard. Mrs. Tom Hargis, Miss Helen McCormick, Mrs. J. P. Cheek, Mrs. Arthur Whitmire, Mrs. J. A. Glazener, Mrs. B. F. Robinson, Mrs. W. B. Wright, Mrs. W. C. Morris, Mrs. Homer Israel, Mrs. Riley Merrill, Mrs. H. L. Brown, Mrs. Bruce Cassell, Mrs. J. A. Crisp, Mrs. Boyce Bishop, Mrs. M. H. Holliday, Mrs. Ben Jones, Mrs. Joseph Jones, Mrs. D. L. Allison and Miss Sloan, of Salisbury. Canning Sugar May Be Obtained May 15 Registration for canning sugar will take place May 15 or 16, it has been announced by Dr. J. F. Zachary, chairman of the war price l and rationing board. The place of registration and other details will be announced in next week’s pa per, Dr. Zachary said. Laid To Rest Sunday A. B. GALLOWAY, outstand ing Brevard citizen, who died suddenly in Charlotte last Fri day night. He was district man ager of the W. O. W. and chair man of the board of deacons at the First Baptist church here. UNUSUALLY LARGE CROWD ATTENDED GALLOWAY RITES Prominent Brevard Man Died Suddenly In Char lotte Last Friday An unusually large crowd at tended the funeral service held here in the First Baptist church last Sunday afternoon for Avery Byron Galloway, prominent Bre vard business, church and civic leader and Woodmen of the World official, who died suddenly on Fri day night in the Memorial hospital in Charlotte from a cerebral hem morrhage that struck him Friday afternoon while he was speaking before a regional W. O. W. meet ing at the Charlotte hotel. The service was conducted by Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor; Rev. Paul Hartsell, of Abbeville, and Rev. E. R. Pendleton. Members of the Woodmen were in charge of the service at the grave. The active pallbearers were Karl Bosse, Brown Carr, Lewis Hamlin, Gerald Sitton, Ansel Hart and N. A. Miller. These and the other members of the board of deacons of the First Baptist church, of which Mr. Gallo way was chairman, were honorary pallbearers. The others were John A. Ford, J. A. Glazener, A. E. Hampton, J. B. Jones, R. P. Kil patrick, D. F. Moore, Ralph Ram sey and W. P. Tindall. Prominent Woodmen from all parts of the state attended the funeral service, and every camp —Turn To Page Fear Pisgah Forest Baptist Church To Be Dedicated On Sunday; All-Day Service By MRS. C. F. ALLISON Staff Correspondent The Pisgah Forest Baptist church will hold a dedication in all-day series of services on Sunday, April 23. Several former pastors will take part in the program and all members and friends are cordially invited to attend. At the noon hour a picnic lunch and social hour will be enjoyed. Joined with the dedication will be the meeting of the lower district 4th. Sunday afternoon singing meet here in place of Little River, as formerly announced. The day’s program will begin with Sunday school at 10 o’clock, followed by the dedication service at 11 o’clock which will include the history of improvements of church for past five years by D. H. Orr, dedication sermon by Rev. W. S. Price, talk by Rev. Carl Blythe and dedication prayer by Rev. H. F. Wright, of Buff City, Tenn. A musical program has been arranged with the Turkey Creek choir and Enon quartette taking part. The dedication marks, debt free, several accomplishments completed in the past five years including erection of a Sunday school annex, new seats and stained glass win dows in the church auditorium. QUOTA PASSED IN BOY SCOUT FINANCE DRIVE Further Contributions Will Swell Total For District McMahan Says Reports made Monday night re vealed that Transylvania district, Daniel Boone council of the Boy Scouts had exceeded its quota of $935 in the annual adult member ship enrollment campaign and further donations have been as sured, Ed H. McMahan, district chairman, said yesterday. Transyl vania was the first county in the council to reach its allotment, he stated. This is the first time in three years that the local district has reached its quota and Mr. Mc Mahan attributed the more gen erous response to a keener appre ciation of what Scouting means and a better understanding of the activities of Daniel Boone council. “As chairman of the Transyl vania county district of the Daniel Boone council, Boy Scout of Ameri ca, I wish to thank all those who enrolled as adult members and contributed to the reaching of the quota assigned to our district dur ing the recent adult membership drive,” Mr. McMahan said. “Scout ing in this district has profited by the increased interest and we look forward to the best year yet in this program for training in future citizenship.” The campaign was launched at a rally held at the high school here Monday night, April 10. A. A. Trantham was chairman of the committee, which also included Mr. McMahan, W. W. Brittain, Frank Kerber, T. E. Reid, Ray Bennett, Howard Schmidt, Verne Clement, H. B. Shiflet, Rev. W. A. Jenkins, B. H. Freeman and Ira B. Armfield. HOEV IS PLEASED WITH CAMPAIGN Former Governor Stopped Here Tuesday En Route Back To Shelby “My campaign for the United States senate nomination is mov ing along splendidly and I am de lighted with the outlook here in Transylvania county and western North Carolina, as well as all over the state,” former Governor Clyde R. Hoey stated here Tuesday af ternoon. Mr. Hoey delivered a commence ment address in Hayesville Mon day night and stopped here for a short time en route back to his home at Shelby. “I am primarily interested in a speedy conclusion of this great —Turn To Page Four Urgent Appeal Is Issued To Surgical Dressing Workers Attention is called of all Red Cross volunteer workers of Tran sylvania county that all work now on hand must be completed and shipped immediately so that the surgical dressings may reach their destination where they are so ur gently needed. The order was re ceived this week by Mrs. Blanche Sims, county chairman of the Red Cross surgical dressing unit. Mrs. W. E. Wyant, chairman of the Brevard unit said, “There are 1,200 surgical dressings, 4x8, that must be finished this week, and we would greatly appreciate a large number of volunteer work ers at once.” In view of this very urgent re quest, it is expected that all work now on hand will be completed as soon as possible, Mrs. Wyant said. She further added, “All volunteer workers realize the importance of this appeal for additional dress ings, and we hope you will put aside any unimportant engagement and report to the surgical dressing room so that we may complete this order this week.” Meeting Of Presbytery Held At Presbyterian Church Here Wednesday In All Day Session Commends County Former Governor Clyde R. Hoey highly praised the people of Transylvania for the outstand ing home front war activity records made since Pearl Har bor. BREVARD WOMAN WINS HIGH HONORS IN MUSIC CONTEST Mrs. Ward Harrison Gets Two First Awards In State Contest Mrs. Ward Harrison, of Brevard, received high honors in the annual contest for North Carolina com posers, sponsored by the North Carolina Federation of Music clubs, by being awarded first place in piano classification and first place in song classification in the ama teur division. Mrs. Ward's piano composition is entitled, “Berceuse” and her song composition, “Christ mas Eve.” Mrs. Harrison has composed a number of selections in both song and piano, but this is her first acceptance for award. She studied music with Ludolph Arens and at the Lawrence Conservatory of Mu sic in Appleton, Wis., and at the University of Wisconsin, in Madi son. She is a member of the Bre vard Music Lovers’ club. Mrs. Harrison is a native of Wisconsin. She moved to Brevard three years ago from New Jersey with her husband, Dr. Ward Har rison, who is head of the chemical department of Ecusta Paper cor poration. Composers whose selections were adjudged winners in the contest were among approximately 100 contestants who submitted entries. Mrs. L. L. Woodward, of Vienna, Ga., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. I H. J. Bradley, and two children, j at their home on Maple street. Forty Ministers And Elders From Western District In Attendance Highlights of the spring meeting of the Asheville Presbytery, which was held at the Brevard Presby terian church Wednesday in an all-day session, were the election of George H. Wright, of Asheville, as moderator, and an address on Evangelism by Dr. Donald W. Richardson, moderator of the Pres byterian church of the United States. Forty ministers and elders from the 33 churches of the West ern North Carolina district attend ed the sessions. Election of commissioners to the general assembly was also an im portant feature, with the following ministers, elders and alternates being chosen: Dr. Donald W. Rich ardson, Richmond, Va., and Rev. M. R. Williams, Waynesville, min isters; G. H. Wright, Asheville, and N. N. McMurria, Swannanoa, eld ers; Dr. R. F. Campbell, Asheville, Rev. George B. Hammond, Canton, B. H. Evans, Weaverville, and C. J. Milne, Canton, alternates. The main speaker of the morn ing session was Rev. J. M. Mc Chesney, of Asheville, retiring moderator, who spoke on, “Christ Our High Priest.” Humphrey Arm stead, of Montreat, was elected temporarv clerk. Reports pertaining to various phases of the Presbytery work and appointment of standing commit tees were included in the routine business of the day. Rev. E. A. Johnson, pastor of the local church, was host to the delegation here. The place of the next quarterly meeting and the outcome of the —Turn To Page Five Hold S. S. Meeting Pisgah Forest Tues. The Transylvania Sunday school association will meet at the Pis gah Forest Baptist church next Tuesday night, starting at six o’clock with a song service, it has been announced by Fred Monteith, associational superintendent. Devotionals will be led by Rev. N. H. Chapman, following which goals for the coming year will be set. Refreshments will be served from 7 to 7:45, which will be fol lowed by a fellowship time until 8. From then until 9 o’clock there will be a round-table discussion on the problems of the day in Sunday school work. “This is the only meeting of the kind to be held this year,’’ Mr. Monteith said, “and we want to make it worth while. We want every Sunday school represented. There will not be a meeting the first Sunday in May this year because of this meeting.” The host church will have charge of refreshments, but each visiting church is invited to bring any thing they wish to help in feeding the people who attend. Alfred Weiss Is Alleged To Have Shot And Wounded His Wife Tues. i Alfred Weiss, a machinist at the Transylvania Tanning Company, is alleged to have shot and seriously wounded his wife Tuesday after noon near her father’s home at Marietta, Ga., according to infor mation received here Wednesday by Chief of Police B. H. Freeman. Weiss, he said, is being held in the Fulton county jail at Atlanta on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and Mrs. Weiss is in the Crawford W. Long hospital there in a critical condition. She was shot through the abdomen with a pistol. Chief Freeman stated that he talked over long distance telephone with the sheriff of Marietta county, Georgia, Wednesday at noon, who said Weiss was arrested by a state highway patrolman about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon on the Marietta Atlanta highway for speeding. The Marietta sheriff reported that Weiss told the patrolman his wife, who was slumped down in the car, was sick and that he was rushing her to a hospital. Later, he is alleged to have told Georgia officers that his wife had shot her self, and the Marietta sheriff is quoted as saying that the wounded woman declared her husband shot her. —Turn To Page Four TO HAVE A RACE FOR COLLECTOR, REPRESENTATIVE Allison And Galloway Out For House And Four Seek Collector Nominee KING ENTERS RACE In the Democratic primary to be held May 27, there will be two contests for county office nominees in Transylvania. E. Carl Allison, who has been chairman of the county board of commissioners for several years, and M. Wallace Galloway, who has served several terms in the state general assembly, are seeking the nomination for house of represen tatives on the Democratic ticket. For tax collector, there is a four cornered race between T. E. Reid, present collector, Lem Brooks, El mer Gillespie and Frank C. King. Mrs. Eva C. Gillespie does not have any opposition for the regis ter of deeds nomination and W. W. Brittain, C. Lewis Osborne and Gaston Whitmire are unopposed for county commissioners. On the Republican slate, the nominees are S. A. Jones, candi date for state senate; Ralph Fisher, house of representatives; B. B. White, tax collector; Roy J. Bed dingfield, register of deeds; D. L. Glazener, Virgil McCrary and C. L. Scruggs, county commissioners. All of these candidates filed before the expiration of the dead line hour last Saturday afternoon. Last ones to file for the Demo cratic primary election were Frank C. King and M. Wallace Galloway. Mr. King is a native of the county and was educated at B. M. I. and the University of North Carolina. For several years he was connected with the U. S. Employ ment seiviee and the N. C. Unem ployment Compensation commis sion. Since 1939 he has devoted his time to farming and raising dairy —Turn To Page Five CLASSIFIED RATES IN PAPER CHANGED Minimum Increased To 35 Cents. Circulation Of The Times Growing Effective today the classified advertising rates of this newspaper have been slightly increased and ! the new' rates are as follows: Minimum of 35 cents per inser tion of not over 25 words. Addi tional words figured at 2 cents each. All “keyed" classified ads are 2 cents per word and a mini mum of 50 cents. The new rates on cards of thanks, memoriams and obituaries are as follows: cards of thanks, 50 cents; memoriams and obituaries, cents per word. “We are having to make these changes in our rates because the cost of newsprint, ink, metal and other operating supplies have ad vanced considerably during the past two years.” Publisher Ed M. Anderson explained. “From the advertisers’ point-of view, our paper is worth a great deal more to advertisers than ever —Turn To Page Bight Democratic Precinct Meetings To Be Held Saturday Afternoon Democratic precinct meetings will be held in all precincts in Transylvania county Saturday af ternoon at 2 o’clock at the voting places for the purpose of elect ing executive committees and selecting delegates to the county convention that will be held here in the courthouse on Saturday April 29, at 2 o’clock, Ralph Ramsey, chairman of the county executive committee, announced today. “All Democrats in the county are invited to attend and take part in these meetings” mr> Ramsey said.
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