Congratulations
To All
High School and
College Graduates
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Congratulations
To All
High School and
College Graduates
Vol. 58; No. 23
★ SECTION ONE ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1948
★ 24 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PROGRESS MADE IN ALL SCHOOLS
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First Food Handlers School Starts Wednesday
TWO SESSIONS
A DAY PUNNED
AT LOCALSCHOOL
Invitation Extended Cafe
Managers, Housewives,
Others To Attend
EXPERTS ON PROGRAM
The first annual food handlers’
school for Brevard and Transyl
vania will be conducted at the
high school auditorium here on
June !). 10 and 11. Two sessions
will be held daily—at 9 a. m. and
2 p. m.—and every lood handler
who attends at least one session
a day will be presented a certifi
cate. according to Walter Hart,
district sanitarian, who is in charge
oi local arrangements.
The school is being sponsored
by the Transylvania county health
department, the town of Brevard
and the local chamber of commerce
and through them a cordial invi
tation has been issued to all per
sons who handle food to attend the
school.
The object of the school, ac
cording to Mr. Hart, is to give
those who attend expert advice by
means of lectures and demonstra
sions on the proper handling of
food. This will be highly benefi
cial, Mr. Hart said, to housewives,
those who work in public eating
places and many others.
Banquet Tuesday Night
The school will open Tuesday
night, June 8, with a banquet in
the main dining room of Gaither’s
cafeteria, to which owners and
managers of food establishments
have been invited by the manager,
Mrs. J. C. Gaither.
A varied and well-balanced pro
gram has been prepared for each
of the three days, which will be
found in an ad contributed by
Beckers Bakery, of Henderson
ville. on page five of the second
section. On it will be found the
— Turn To l'age Five
SMATHERS MAKES
A NEW TRACTOR
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Publicity On Machines Man
ufactured Here Going
Out In 44 Languages
The Smathers Manufacturing
company has just perfected and
is preparing to put into produc
tion at their plant here another
“Acme” tractor, which will do the
work of two horses, according to
Paul P. Smathers, owner of the
concern. This machine places be
tween the Model 3 and the Model
12 “Acmes”, Mr. Smathers said,
and will be produced for the do
mestic market only.
Mr. Smathers revealed that pub
licity on the two “Tiger” tractors
:s now being published through
his New York export office, the
Inexco Tractor Corp., 120 Wall
street, New York, in 44 languages
and that his sales organization is
rapidly spreading throughout the
world. A good percentage of his
output, he stated, is being absorbed
m connection with the European
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CALENDAR OF
EVENTS
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Thursday, June 3—WMS meets
at Baptist church at 3:30. Lions
club meets at Bryant house, 7:00.
Brevard and Rosman high school
graduation exercises at 8:00.
Friday, June 4—Kiwanis club
meets at Bryant house, 7:00.
Saturday, June 5—Alumni Day
at Brevard college, business meet
ing at 2:00. Auditions for amateurs
in Kiwanis show, high school,
1:00. Jaycee Beauty Pageant at
Brevard Country club at 9:30.
Sunday, June 6—Attend the
church of your choice. Commence
ment sermon for college graduates
at Methodist church, 11:00. Special
VFW meeting in clubroom at 3:00.
Monday, June 7—American Le
gion meeting at NYA hut at 8:00
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College Graduation Exercises To
Begin Sunday, 89 To Receive
Diplomas Next Tuesday Morning
To Deliver Sermon
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REV. CECIL G. HEFNER, of
Kannapolis, will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon to the 89
graduates of Brevard college on
Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock
at the Methodist church here.
The Rev. Hefner holds M. A. and
II. A. degrees from Emory uni
versity and was at the Green
Street church in Winston-Salem
prior to going to Kannapolis. In
his new pastorate, he has taken
into the church around 250 new
members.
Graduation
J. WILSON SMITH, interstate
secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in
the Carolinas, will deliver the
graduation address at the final
exercises at Brevard college next
Tuesday morning at 11:00
o’clock. Mr. Smith is one of the
most outstanding Christian work
ers in the two states.
CALLING ALL AMATEURS
All persons who expect to par
ticipate in the Kiwanis club Ama
teur show on Saturday night, June
12, are urged to come to the high
school auditorium Saturday, June
5, at 1:00 o’clock for audition.
John Eversman will be in charge.
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Music Department To Pre
sent Commencement Con
cert Next Mon. Night
Graduation exercises at Brevard
college will begin Sunday morning
at 11:00 o'clock with the baccalau
reate sermon at the Brevard
Methodist church and will be cli
maxed with the final exercises on
next Tuesday morning at 11:00
o'clock in the college auditorium,
at which time 89 graduates will
receive diplomas.
Rev. Cecil Hefner, of Kannap
olis, a graduate of Brevard insti
tute and Emory university and a
member of the board of trustees of
the local institution, will deliver
the sermon Sunday. He will be in
troduced by Dean J. J. Stevenson,
Jr.
J. Wilson Smith, of Charlotte,
and interstate secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. of the Carolinas, will de
liver the graduation address next
Tuesday morning and diplomas
will be awarded by Professor C. II.
Trowbridge, vice president of the
college. Dr. E. J. Coltrane, presi
dent. who is governor of the Caro
linas district of Kiwanis Interna
tional. is attending the annual
convention of the organization in
California and will be unable to
take part in the graduation exer
cises.
There will be a special com
mencement concert in the college
auditorium next Monday night by
tiie members of the music depart
ment of the school, it is announced.
The program will begin at 8:15
and the public is cordially invited
to attend.
COLLEGE TO HOLD
ALUMNI DAY SAT.
Class Reunions Scheduled.
New Officers Will Be
Installed
Saturday will be observed at
Brevard college as Alumni Day
with a special program planned
honoring former students and
class reunions scheduled for the
classes of ’35, ’36 and ’37, accord
ing to Ray Swink, alumnus and
assistant to Dr. E. J. Coltrane,
president.
Class reunions will be held dur
ing the hours before noon and a
business meeting of the Alumni
association will be held in the col
lege auditorium at 2:00 o’clock.
New officers will be installed,
and Rev. William A. Rock, Jr., of
Denver, recently elected president,
will preside over the business ses
sion.
Other alumni officers to be in
stalled are four vice-presidents,
J. C. Hendricks, of Pleasant Gar
den; Mrs. Delbert Byrum, of Win
ston-Salem; Rev. John James Pow
ell, of Charlotte; Helen Parish, of
Winston-Salem; and Miss Lois
Frazier, of Brevard college, secre
tary-treasurer.
—Turn To Page Four
Making Elaborate Plans For Folk
Jubilee, To Feature Square Dancing
Elaborate plans are being made
by members of the Lewis Earl
Jackson post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars for the second an
nual Transylvania Folk Jubilee to
be staged here on June 17, 18
and 19.
Emphasizing the fact that the
jubilee is not an amateur show,
the members report that several of
the most outstanding square dance
teams in Western North Carolina
have already entered the event.
The winning dance team in the
group will be awarded a handsome
loving cup, which is now on dis
play in the window of the Grill
here. This is a permanent award,
it is stated.
A cash prize of $25 will be
awarded to the group or band
named as the top performers, and
the best selected individual enter
tainer will receive $15.
Local talent desiring to enter
the folk jubilee is asked to contact
one of the following committee:
Charles Perry, Jim Davis, Paul
Patterson, Jim Grant or Alfred
Perkins. This group is also in
charge of reserved seats which are
now on sale.
Folk Jubilee tickets are also on
sale by members of the local post
and record crowds are expected to
attend.
“Square dance team competi
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Modern Elementary School Building Nearing Completion
Shown above is the modern and fire proof elementary school building which is now being construct
ed across from the present school and will be ready for occupancy next fall with a capacity for hous
ing some 500 pupils. The sixth, seventh and eighth grade students will study in this building, and
because of these plans, it has not been necessary to add classroom space at the local high school.
Fiske-Carter Construction company contracted the building at a cost not to exceed S184,456 and this
sum was realized from the bond issue. At the left, provisions have been made to add an auditorium
when funds are available, and plans call for two additional wings of classrooms when the necessity
arises- (Staff Photo)
APPEAL FOR AID
TO CHILDREN IN
WAR LANDS MADE
Three Local Clubs Sponsor'
ing Drive In Transylvania.
Bosse Is Treasurer
The American Overseas Aid
United Nations Appeal for Chil
dren was launched this week in
Brevard and Transylvania, and a
goal of $1,556 has been set-up by
the Mathatasian, Wednesday and
Fortnightly clubs, sponsoring or
ganizations.
Although this appeal for funds
to help in the rehabilitation of war
torn Europe is progressing on a
nation-wide scale, it is sponsored
i throughout this state by the North
Carolina Federation of Women’s
clubs, of which the three in Bre
vard are members. Mrs. Fred Holt,
president of the Mathatasian club,
and Mrs. Lehman Kapp, president
of the Wednesday club, have been
named co-chairmen of the local
campaign.
Final plans were completed for
raising funds at a district meeting
recently in Asheville, attended by
all Federated club presidents and
persons directly concerned with
the fund raising project.
“The members of the clubs
sponsoring the drive in Brevard
feel that citizens here cannot say
no when asked to do their part in
the crusade to stop starvation
among foreign children,” Mrs.
Holt, co-chairman, said here today.
She points out that this campaign
will aid in providing food, cloth
ing and medicine to children re
gardless of their race, color, or
religious belief. “This is only a
portion of the aid your contribu
tions will provide,” she said. In
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Legionnaries Will
Elect Officers Mon.
Election of officers of the Mon
roe Wilson post of the American
Legion will be held at the next
regular meeting of the organiza
tion here next Monday night at
7:30 o’clock in the NYA hut, Char
lie Disher, the adjutant, announces
today.
In urging all members to at
tend the important meeting, Mr.
Disher says that following the elec
tion and business session, a film
of the 1947 legion convention pa
rade in New York City will be
shown.
“I’m sure this will be of much
interest to all legionnaires,” he
declared.
Brittain, QsbsrnWxnd
Nominated As Commissioners
By Demos In Primary Election
THREE MEN HURT
IN SHOOTING AT
CONNESTEE SAT.
Condition Of Injured Re
ported To Be Good. Ar
rests Are Made
In the “Battle of Connestee No.
II,” two men suffered gunshot
wounds, another was seriously cut
about the face and neck and three
men were put in the county jail
last Saturday night just before
midnight, according to Sheriff
Bert Freeman, investigating offi
cer.
Clyde Robinson and Roy Hol
den, w'ho w'ere shot through the
leg just above the knee, were dis
charged from the hospital Tuesday
and their condition was reported
to be good. Earl O’Shields, of Ros
man, home from the navy on leave,
wras also released from the Tran
sylvania Community hospital Tues
day. He suffered lacerations of the
face and neck.
J. C. “Doc” Galloway, manager
of the Connestee roadhouse, is re
ported to have done the shooting
to stop an affray which occurred
between the building and the high
way in which a number of persons
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Voting Is Light In County.
Whitmire Defeats Paxton
For Registrar
W. W. Brittain, Lewis Osborne
and Dewey Burton were nominat
ed by Transylvania Democrats last
Saturday in the primary electior
here as county commissioners, and
Paul Whitmire polled the highest
number of votes in the county tc
defeat his opponent, Wood Pax
ton, for the office of register oi
deeds.
Mr. Brittain, the present chair
man of the county board of com
missioners, was high man in the
commissioners race and received
h total of 1,775 votes. Mr. Osborne
was second with 1,466 and Mr
Burton had 1,381. E. W. Medford
who had a total of 1.136 votes, was
eliminated in the primary.
In the one other Transylvania
race, Don A. Lance defeated Taft
Owen in the Cathey’s Creek town
ship by a vote of 232 to 107 for
the office of constable.
Official election returns of the
19 precincts of Transylvania coun
ty are found on page four of the
first section. Former Governor J.
Melville Broughton received a ma
jority of votes locally over the in
cumbent, William B. Umstead, and
Charles M. Johnson was high man
in the governor’s race. In state
wide balloting, however, Mr. John
son did not receive a majority
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Jaycees To Hold Beauty Pageant
Saturday Night At Country Club
The Jaycee sponsored beauty
contest to choose Miss Brevard
will be held Saturday night, June
5, at the Brevard country club,
according to Russ Poole, chairman
of arrangements for the event. The
dance will begin at 9:30 and Miss
Brevard will be chosen and
crowned at intermission.
The 17 contestants have been
feted by the Jaycees and were tak
en to Camp Sapphire to have still
pictures and movies made last
week. The rehearsal for the beau
ty pageant will take place at the
country club Friday night.
Contestants and their sponsors
are as follows: Mary Frances Gai
ther, Cassel’s 5 and 10; Guyma
Stover, Long’s Drug store; Caro
lyn Kizer, Cash and Carry; Eve
lyn Houck, Macfie’s Drug store;
Ann Hill, Pisgah Candy company;
Jean Hall, Western Auto store;
Barbara Deaver, Varner’s Drug
store; Irma Hensley, Galloway’s
cafe; Betty Jo Wilson, Brevard
Lumber company; Susie Garland,
Bridges Oil and Coal company;
Lillian Ann Gravely, the Chatter
box; Mae Rigdon, Gaither’s cafe
teria and the Grill; Julia Rigdon,
Brevard Laundry; Ig>u Frady,
Douglas Insurance company; Thel
ma Lance, McFee’s Jewelry com
pany; Jane Fisher, Hayes Motor
company, and Dot Osborne, Pat
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RECORD NUMBER
ENROLLED, TOTAL
OF 87 GRADUATE
Two New School Buildings
Ready For Occupancy
This Fall
GRADS SALUTED
With a record number of 87
raduates at Brevard and Rosman
receiving high school diplomas
Thursday night, a survey reveals
:hat substantial progress has been
made in the Transylvania county
chool system during the past
year.
The largest number of students
o ever attend the 16 schools in
the county were enrolled m the
term now closing, the total being
3,215, an increase of approximate
ly 10 per cen* since the 1945 term.
A $310,000 school building pro
gram, made possible through the
passage of the bond issue, was
started during the past school
year with considerable repairs hav
ing been made in every county
school.
The Rosenwald school building
and the new Brevard elementary
school ari- both nearing comple
tion and will be ready for occu
pancy when the fall term opens.
Plans now call for a new school
buildii g at Rosman to be erected
next in the program.
Five buses p-we peen purch-.s^d
during the Pi** Ifef ol year fr >ni
funds made avSSpble by the bona
issue. “Over hJu of the total en
rollment in the county rides buses
to school,” Supt. J. B. Jones said.
Complete information concern
ing the graduation programs for
j the 71 students at Brevard high
:r.nd the 16 at Rosman high will be
found in section three of this
newspaper, which is a salute to the
graduates.
Considerable progress is also re
vealed in a survey made at Brevard
—Turn To Page Five
741 FARMERS HERE
RECEIVE $32,680
Amount Is Paid During 1947/
For Participation In
AAA Program
i
Among the 781 farms in this
• county participating in the 1947
l Agricultural Conservation pro
i gram, an amount totaling $32,680
J in materials and cash was used in
i carrying out practices during the
| crop season, according to T. J,
Wilson, AAA chairman.
Out of the 958 farms which
originally signed up for the pro
gram at the local triple A office,
; the more than 700 which actually
! participated received either lime,
i phosphate and seed or a combina
tion of the three.
According to Mr. Wilson, the
phosphate and seed was furnished
under a purchase order plan, that
is a plan whereby the government
1 paid a part of the cost of the seed
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State Commissioner
Of Public Welfare
To Speak Here Wed.
Dr. Ellen Black Winston, state
commissioner of public welfare,
will speak at the Brevard Meth
odist church Wednesday after
noon, June 9, at 3:30 o’clock on
“General Welfare Work in Tran
sylvania County.”
Dr. Winston will be introduced
at this time by Mayor S. E. Var
ner. She will show how the local
welfare department is a part of
and ties in with the state depart
ment.
The outstanding social worker
was awarded an honorary degree,
I doctor of humanities, at graduation
exercises at Woman’s college in
Greensboro last week.
The public is urged to hear this
! interesting and informative talk.
Wednesday evening, Dr. Win
ston will be guest speaker at the
Rotary club meeting.