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The Transylvania Times Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943 ★ 12 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944 * ONE SECTION ★ Vol. 54; No. 17 PUBLISHED WEEKLY COLLEGE TO OBSERVE BIRTHDAY Democrats To Hold County Convention Here WILL MEET SAT. IN COURTHOUSE AT TWO O’CLOCK To Select Delegates To State Convention And Elect A County Chairman PRECINCTS MET SAT. Transylvania county Democrats will hold a county convention here in the courthouse Saturday after noon at 2 o’clock to elect a county chairman and secretary and to select delegates to the state Dem ocratic convention to be held in Raleigh next Thursday, Ralph Ramsey, party chairman, announc ed today. Members of the precinct execu tive committees and delegates to the county convention were chosen at precinct meetings held last Sat urday. Ten of the seventeen precinct eleclion reports have been received here and are as follows: Boyd township — P. A. Rahn. chairman; Mrs. W. H. Holliday, vice chairman; W. T. Whitmire, M. H. Holliday and J. L. Wilson. Brevard Number 1 — B. H. Free man, chairman; Mrs. N. A. Miller, vice chairman; Jess A. Galloway, John Kilpatrick and William J. Wallis. Brevard Number 2 — C. L. Os born. chairman; Mrs. W. F. Short vice chairman; J. E. Rufty, Keith Pooser and T. E. Reid. Cathey's Creek — Alf Zachary, j chairman; Mrs. Beecher Mull, vice j chairman; Otto Alexander, Ralph I Snelson and Norman Whitmire. Dunn's Rock—George Maxwell, chairman; Mrs. Mitchell Holden. J vice chairman; Fidelia Henderson. Mitchell Holden and G. W. Whit mire. Eastatoe—J. F. Morgan, chair man; Mrs. Fred Nicholson, vice chairman; W. C. Whitmer, A. M. Paxton and Ves Galloway. —Turn To Page Twelve I TO HOLD SINGING CONVENTION HERE 5th Sunday Singing To Be An All Day Event; Noted Singers Will Take Part An all-day session of the Tran sylvania Fifth Sunday Singing con vention will be held at the Brevard court house on Sunday, beginning promptly at 10 o’clock in the morn ing. A large number of well known quartets, trios and singing leaders have been invited and are expected to attend. Among them will be the Friendly Five quartet, of Ashe ville, popular radio artists of WISE; the Drake Sisters, of Hen dersonville; the Roberts Family, of Asheville; the Carolina quartet, who broadcast over WWNC; the Victory trio, Asheville; the Gospel Four, Anderson, S. C.; Lewis trio, Easley, S. C.; the Hi Neighbor quartet, Greenville, S. C.; Vaughn’s Victory Bell quartet, Henderson —Turn To Page Six Brevard High Golf Team Will Enter A Tourney Next Week A newly organized high school golf team will enter the seventh annual Carolinas’ high school golf tournament to be held in Greenville, S. C., starting next Wednesday afternoon, it was announced today. This is the first time that Brevard has ever entered the tournament which usually at tracts a number of schools in the Carolinas. The tourney will open on Wednesday and last three days. E. E. Fraser, well known semi-pro who has charge of the Brevard country club, is coach ing and sponsoring the team. On the squad of the local team are Pete Wright, Roy Orr, Frank Canup, Lawrence Brown and Gene Hall. To Open Full-Time Branch Office Of U. S. Employment Service Here Next Monday Heads W. O. W. Here RAY KING, well known Bre vard man, was recently elected to succeed Paul Pipkin as consul commander of the Balsam Camp of the Woodmen. He is also scout master of the Lone Scout tribe. King is a machine operator at Wheeler’s. 11 STEVENSON IS APPOINTED DEAN BREVARD COLLEGE Has Been Head Of Biltmore College Since 1940. To Come Here In June Prof J. J. Stevenson, Jr., of Asheville, has been appointed dean of Brevard college and will assume his duties here in June, President E. J. Coltrane announced today. Prof. Stevenson has been dean and head of the Biltmore college in Asheville for the past four years and has been a member of the faculty of that institution since 1928. Prof. C. E. Buckner served as dean of Brevard college from 1935 until 1942 when he has given a leave of absence to study for a doctor's degree. Since that time Dr. Burt Loomis has been acting dean of the institution, as well as professor of psychology and edu cation. Recently Mr. Buckner re signed as dean and Mr. Stevenson was appointed. Mr. Buckner is now principal of the Chapel Hill high school and is studying for a doctor’s degree at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Stevenson was born at Salu da, S. C., in 1898 and obtained his A. B. degree from the Univers ity of South Carolina. In 1930 he received his master’s degree from the University of South Carolina department of history and later a —Turn To Page Seven Will Be Located In Tinsley Building. King To Be In Charge A full-time branch office of the U. S. Employment service of the War Manpower commission will be opened here next Monday on the second floor of the Tinsley build ing with Ralph King in charge, Guy E. Bissette, manager of the district office at Hendersonville, announced today. The local office will be open five days a week, every day except Saturday. Mr. King, who will serve as in terviewer in charge of the office, is now a member of the staff of the Hendersonville office and has been connected with the service for several years. Unemployment compensation benefits will also be administered by the office here. “We are establishing this office in Brevard in order to give better service to the employees and em ployers in Transylvania county,” Mr. Bissette said. In the administration ol the stabilization program of the War Manpower commission, a plan of de centralization is now in effect.” He pointed out that employees nfust have statements of availabil ity in order to transfer from one job to another. The service has been operating a part-time office here in the courthouse. Since there are over 3,500 industrial employees in this county, it is felt that there is need here for a full-time office. Blue Bird Assaults Newly Painted Auto Some days ago Sherifi Free man Hayes parked a newly-polish ed ear in the yard at his home here, A topped blue bird sailed down from a tree to investigate, spied its image in the front bumper and forthwith proceeded to attack what it evidently thought was another bird. The blue bird also observed its image in the left front fender as it plunged at the bumper and proceeded to attack that, scraping the paint as it did so. Chancing to see its reflection in a hub cap. it also attacked that and kept up the assault for three days, often encouraged by its mate who came to witness the en counter. After the third day, Mr. Hayes moved his car but the blue bird came back evidently on a scouting mission and seeing that the car—and its adversary—was gone twittered and flitted in tri umph while its mate looked on with apparent approval. Lt. and Mrs. T. G. Moody and little son, Gilbert, have been visit ing relatives in Waynesville the past week. They expect to leave this week for California, where Lieutenant Moody will be station ed. Canning Sugar Registration Will Be Held May 16; Details Are Given Registration for canning sugar will be held on Tuesday, May 16, from 1 to 5 p. m., it has been an nounced by Dr. J. F. Zachary, chairman of the War Price and Rationing board. This one day will be the only registration that will be held for canning sugar, Dr. Zachary said. The registration will be held in the various schools of the county and will be conducted by the teachers with additional voluntary assis tance. According to regulations given out by the board, every family who does home canning will be allowed a maximum of 20 pounds per per son. Stamp No. 40 in Ration book 14 is good for five pounds until February, 1945, which will allow a total of 25 pounds per person. This allotment for sugar is for canning only, it was pointed out. Those families who do not can or unmarried persons who board are not supposed to apply for canning sugar. Every person who applies will have to sign a statement that the sugar obtained will be used only for the preservation of fruits and vegetables for home use, Dr. Zach ary said. The application blank specifies that a false certification is a criminal offense, it being the intent of the board that this sugar —Turn To Page Twelve i WEISS WILL BE TRIED ON MURDER CHARGE MAY 8TH Brevard Man Is Now Being Held In Jail In Marietta, Ga. Wife Is Dead -J_ Alfred Weiss, of Brevard, is now being held irj Marietta, Ga., on charge of murddr in connection with the death of! his wife who died last Thursday in a hospital in Atlanta from a jgunshot wound in the abdomen, j Trial has beert scheduled to start in the Cobb bounty superior court on May 8 and it is expected that several witnesses from this county will be called to testify in connection with thie trial. Funeral service for Mrs. Weiss was held at McKaysville, near Copper Hill, Tennessee. The couple had been living here for several years and resided on Parkview drive. Mrs. Weiss is sur vived by her husband and three young sons. The Marietta sheriff stated that Mrs. Weiss left Brevard and went to Marietta seeking a job and that her husband followed her. She was said to have left Mari etta with Weiss and their three year-old niece in an automobile. Later, the sheriff said, Weiss was stopped by a patrolman for speeding and found that Mrs. Weiss had been shot. The patrol man said Mrs. Weias gave a state ment accusing her husband of do ing the shooting. BASEBALL LEAGUE TO OPEN FRIDAY £ c u s t a Interdepartmental League Is Formed. Girls To Play Softball An interdepartmental baseball league has been organized at the Ecusta Paper corporation and the season will open Friday afternoon, John Eversman. recreation direc tor, announced today. There are four teams in the league and they will play each other once a week on the Ecusta diamond. Refining Room and Pulp Mill team, known as the Gas House Beaters, and the Maintenance and Champagne team, known as Duke’s Mixture, are scheduled to play Friday afternoon, starting at 4:30 and at the conclusion of this game Machine Room and Control will meet. Bud White and Harry Clayton are co-captains of the Gas House Beaters. Emil Vassey and Walter Straus are co-captains of Duke’s Mixture. Robert Head is head of Control and Wilson Gregory and Ed White are co-captains of Ma chine Room. Mr. Eversman also announced that a softball league for the girls is being organized. Practice will start Thursday and four teams will be chosen from employees of Champagne, Control, Office, Fin ishing and Endless Belt depart ments. Eversman said the first games in the softball league will be play ed next week. Health Dept. Will Conduct Clinics Fri. The maternity, infant and im munization clinic will be held in the health department offices on Friday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Dr. Mary 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 in the Methodist church in Rosman on Friday, May 5, from 1 to 4 p. m. Immunizations for diphtheria, smallpox, whooping cough and ty phoid are given in the health de partment offices each Saturday morning from 9 to 12 a. m., and on each Monday from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. CAST OF BHS SENIOR CLASS PLAY “Brother Goose,” a 3-act comedy, will be presented at the Brevard high school Friday night by members of the senior class. The, cast, above, reading from left to right, includes: Carolynne Sluder, Bill Shamhlin, Mary Ann Daniels, Anna Rathje, Ruth John son, Verena Lewis, Pat Griswold, Jim Newbury, Vivian Smith and Doris Aherns. May Day Ceremonies Will Be Held At Brevard College On Monday Afternoon, 5 O’clock HOLD PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC IN COUNTY Schedule Is Given For Four Days In Schools; Health Department Sponsor The schedule for the annual pre-school clinics sponsored by the Transylvania county health depart ment, assisted by the county P-TA groups, is announced by Dr. C. N. Sisk, district health officer. The schedule is as follows: Rosman school — May 5 — 9:30 1 a. m. Pisgah Forest school—May 9—1 p. m. Brevard school — May 16 — 9:30 a. m. Lake Toxaway school — May 23 — 10 a. m. The clinics are held each year in order that the children who are entering school for the first time in the fall, may be given a physical examination and be immunized for smallpox and diphtheria. All par ents are asked to come with the children so that they may be in formed of physical defects and have them corrected by the open ing of the fall term of school. The clinic will be conducted by Dr. Mary Michal, assisted by Mrs. Paul Lollis, public health nurse. TIMES TEAM WINS THREE The Times bowling team defeat ed the Weather Wings in Asheville Tuesday night 3 to 0. This puts the team two full games in the lead. Scores were as follows: Rey nolds 486, Kappers 538, Simpson, 500, Lupper 919 and Straus 448. Public Is Invited. Virginia Blanton To Be Crowned Queen Of Festival Annual May-day fete of Brevard college will be held on the campus in front of West hall next Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock, it has been announced by Miss Grace Jackson, who is in charge of the event. The public is invited Virginia Blanton, of Cliffside, will reign as queen of the May, and Casey Tweed, of Marshall, will carry off the honors as king. The king and queen will take the leading roles in a pageant to be presented in connection with the event. Other features will include a flower dance, garland dance, May pole dance, special dance by Jean Lindsay, and a story to be read by Jean Corbitt. Approximately 100 members of the student body will participate in the program. The other court attendants will include: Marjorie Ezzelle, maid of honor; Ernest Page, king’s atten dant; Betty Smith, Sara Jane Moseley, Geneva Landers, Alan Leonard, Jerry Murray, Raymus Hilliard, Christine Wilson, Milli cent Stafford, Harriet George, Bob Brannon, W. A. Crowell, Tom Mc Call, Mayme Jones, Carolyn Port er, Alex Kizer and Thomas Lipsey. STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS ELECTED AT COLLEGE HERE Helen Gamble has been elected vice president of the student coun cil at Brevard college for the coming year and Yvonne Norman was chosen as secretary-treasurer of the student body in recent elec tions. Both of them are very ac tive on the campus. i Oak Grove Baptist Church Will Be Dedicated On Sunday, May 7 After eight years of planning, working and praying for a new church edifice, members of the Oak Grove Baptist church, in the Quebec section of Transylvania county, have at last completed the church building program which they started in 1936, and will hold dedication ceremonies at the church on Sunday, May 7, in an all-day service. The church was built at an esti mated cost of around $3,000, one half of which amount was contri buted as free labor. The one-story j frame structure, which is entirely debt free, was erected at intervals during the past five years, accord ing to the money in hand. The | work progressed as sufficient mon ey and labor were donated, and when the cash gave out, the work stopped until more was in hand. The majority of the money was raised by the members through the sale of their produce, livestock, chickens, etc. The white-painted building con sists of a large church assembly room, Sunday school rooms, sep arated by folding doors from the church room, library, and stone underpinning and stone steps. The following dedication pro gram will be carried out: Sunday school 10:30 a. m.; devotional by the pastor, Rev. N. H. Chapman; —Turn To Page Twelve 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD IN JUNE Large Number Of Prominent Speakers To Appear On 4-Day Program DETAILS GIVEN Brevard college will celebrate its tenth anniversary the first week in June and in observance of this event an elaborate four-day pro gram, featuring special commence ment exercises, conferences and a luncheon of church leaders and business men has been planned, Dr. Eugene J. Coltrane, president of the college announced today. Several outstanding leaders in the Methodist church, prominent manufacturers and business men will speak during the observance which will extend from June 3 through June 6. These speakers include Bishop Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, head of the Methodist church in North Carolina; Dr. W. A. Smart, pro fessor of theology, author and lec turer, Emory university; Dr. John Gross, secretary of the division of schools and colleges of the Meth odist board of education, Nash ville, Tenn.; Luther H. Hodges, of New York City, vice president of Marshall Field & Company and a native of this state; Dr. John R. Cunningham, president, Davidson college; Harry Straus, president of Ecusta Paper Corporation and D. Hiden Ramsey, general manager of the Asheville Citizen-Times. Opens June 3rd The tenth anniversary celebra tion will open on Saturday, June 3, with “alumni day". The institution has over 1,200 alumni and one of the highlights of “alumni day” will be a picnic supper and recital. Sunday morning, June 4, at 11 o'clock Bishop Purcell will deliver the commencement sermon to the —Turn To Page Six DUCKWORTH IS ON POLICE FORCE Succeeds Thomas Who Re signed To Devote Full Time To Business Frank Duckworth, well known Brevard man, has been appointed to succeed Gill Thomas as a mem ber on the town of Brevard police force. Officer Thomas has resigned to devote his full time to working with Bill Bailey Gulf service sta tion here. He and Bailey own the station and the manpower situation makes it necessary for both of them to work full time, it is point ed out. Duckworth is a native of Brevard and was formerly connected with the police force. For the past sev eral years he has worked with the Ecusta Paper corporation in the Champagne department. Chief Freeman said he was glad to have Duckworth associated with him and that he wished much suc cess for Thomas, who has been on the force for several years. Charter Is Presented To Scout Tribe Here Bill Wall, assistant scout execu tive, presented a charter to the newly organized Lone Scout tribe in the Woodmen hall here lasl night. ^' Executive Wall, Chairman MjL McMahan and other membeiW^p the district committee highly cot^ mended the Balsam camp of the W. O. W. for sponsoring this tribe which offers the advantages of scouting to boys living in rural areas. It was pointed out that this is the first Lone Scout tribe to be organized in this council and rural boys were urged to join. The tribe has 17 charter mem bers. Ray King is scoutmaster and A. J. Boggs assistant scout master. An impressive installa tion service was held.
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