Raleigh Round-Up
Political Excitement Echoing Dp And
Down Halls Of Hotel Sir Walter
BY KIDD BREWER
AT IT AGAIN ... AU up and
down one of the back halls of the
Hotel Sir Walter here echo the
sounds of another political cam
paign. Typewriters are clacking;
telephones are ringing; and gen
erally, activity fills the air.
Republicans are crowing on
Sourwood Mountain. Heigho did
dlum day. Get your gun we’ll
hunt ’em. Heigho diddlum day.
Democratic guns, always in
pretty good condition in this
State, are being hauled out and
oiled in preparation for five
weeks of lambasting from one
corner of North Carolina to the
other.
Shooting got under way first
in the Asheville-Spruce Pine ar
ea, with Gov. Luther H. Hodges
as principal trigger man. The
season closes on Monday, Nov
ember 5.
THRESHERS . . . Remember
how in the old days the wheat
threshers would ramble over a
three-county area — and how as a
kid you looked forward to the big
meals, the general hustle-and-but
tle that accompanied their coming?
A dozen chickens — frying size
roosters, mainly — to kill . . . with
20 peach custards, and seven
pounds of stew beef?
Well, the season is right here.
The threshers are on their way. So
get ready for them — and don’t
mind helping to rake chaff if that
is what it takes to get the job done.
GREEN ON TOP . . . Until a
few weeks ago Greene county
was known principally on the po
litical map for being the home
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county residence of Alonzo Ed
wards, Duke University alumni
president, member of the State
Advisory Budget Commission,
and a not quite-good-enough can
didate for Lieutenant Governor
this year.
But, if the segregation item
should become the key issue four
years hence — and if Alonzo Ed
wards is a candidate for office
again — he can point to the vote
of September S and boast that
Greene led the State in favoring
the Pearsall Plan.
It did, too. Greene favored the
plan at better than 25 to one!
When you compare this with
counties like Forsyth, Durham,
and Mecklenburg — which went
for the plan less than two-to-one,
you can realize what a terrific
job was done by Edwards — or
somebody — down in Greene
County.
PEOPLE ... It is only natural
that folks should have some curi
osity about what type of people
their ancestors were.
I was talking with a fellow the
other day, and he told me his wife
a few years back decided she was
going to look up her family tree.
She was doing all right, he said,
until suddenly about four or five
generations back — not very far,
at any rate — she ran onto a grand
pa who was a horse thief. But, not
to be out-done, she kept wading
back into the family. Three more
generations and she ran head on
into another horse thief. That did
it. She gave up the search with the
explanation that any more discov
eries like that could have a serious
effect upon the personalities of
their teen-aged children. Well,
sure, that’s the kind of thing that
literally builds inferiority com
plexes.
Be that as it may, you can win a
reward if you can come up with
some authentic information on
some of these people who lived
around 1750-1850: Moses Leathers
and wife; James Horner-Lucy Fuz
zell; Nathan Jackson-Betsy Horn
er; James Dunnagan-Sibby Horner,
etc., etc.
Bill Horner is searching for his
ancestors. He is better known as
W. E. Horner, publisher of the San
ford Herald and sometimes candi
date for the Congressional seat in
the Eighth District.
If you would like other informa
tion, write Bill at the Sanford Her
ald office ... or Post Office Box I
111. And, knowing Horner as we i
do, you can overlook any Horner
names on the shady side. They are
no kin to Bill.
STAYING BEHIND? . . .
Speaking of people, some of the
finest folks in Wake county are
the Holding’s of Wake Forest.
They run the second largest
bank in the state. They are drug
gists, cotton brokers, athletes,
politicians, and business men and
women.
It is only fair, then, that one
of them should share one of the
fine Tribble daughters, offspring
of Dr. and Mrs. Harold Tribble,
now of the Wake Forest College
community of Winston-Salem.
Come Saturday, November 24,
in the new Wait Chapel, Miss
Barbara Ann Tribble will become
the wife of Harvey Royall Hol
ding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Holding of Wake Forest.
Winston-Salem is great—but
one and all will have a time of it
keeping a Holding out of Wake
County.
MRS. BERNHAUT . . . One
thing that disturbs us a little is
that, recently, Mildred Rodgers
married Andrea Bernhaut. He was
Bridges Coal & Oil Co.
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born in Yugoslavia, son of an out
standing physician, and is now
studying medicine in Washington,
D. C.
What worries us is that Mildred
is the daughter of Great Democrat
Eric Rodgers of Scotland Neck.
Eric was busy all last week—as he
will be for some little while now—
helping the Democrats with their
campaign. But in all the writeups
of the big Washington wedding,
nothing was said' about whether
young Bernhaut was Democratic or
Republican.
Bet you the first question pappa
asked daughter when she told him
she was going to wed Bernhaut was
“Is he a Democrat of a Republic
an?”
The son-in-law will leave next
week with his bride to continue
his study of medicine at the Uni
versity of Vienna. That’s a fur
piece from Halifax County.
NOTES . . . Well, now that
all of our Big Four teams have
tasted defeat, maybe we can set
tle down to some steady football.
• • • If you are already searching
around for a North Carolina
Christmas gift, you might be in
terested in Carl Goerch’s new
book on Okracoke . . . Another
interesting North Carolina book
coming up is “Tar Heel Talk” by
one Norman Eliason. He points to
our various expressions and
pokes gentle fun at some of them
They aren’t saying much about
it, but Eastern Democrats are
amazed at the ease with which
money is coming in to the cause
this fall.. . They see it as a good
omen — with possible national
implications . . .
People trying to size up Gov.
Hodges’ personality say he is a
good mixture of Clyde R. Hoey
and J. !Vf. Broughton — with an
ease with words (that’s both
Broughton and Hoey), a prod
ding mind (that’s a Broughton
trait), and he’s keen on his ap
pearance (Hoey), has a great
deal of determination (Brough
ton), has a knack for sizing up
quickly the political wind (Brou
ghton), and makes friends eas
ily (very much Hoey) . . . Un
like Hoey, he seems at times to
become irritated . . . and, like
Broughton, he leaves the impres
sion that he is ambitious for
higher office ... In some ways,
Luther Hodges is stronger than
either Hoey or Broughton . . .
Don’t know whether you get an
opportunity to see the Charlotte
Observer . . . but in our opinion
it is now one of the most read
able dailies published in the
South ... is supposed to be Re
publican — but if so is going
about it in an easy manner so
far . . . May be when the chips
are down, it will be different.
At least one 50,000 - watt radio
station is quietly trying to avoid
playing up Democratic candidates
for office — speeches by Senator
Ervin, for instance — for fear
they will be asked for equal time
by the Republicans. Seems a lit
tle far-fetched on first glance—
but the situation is acute . . .
and that’s the trend.
Straus P-TA To
Meet On Tuesday
The Straus School P-TA will hold
its regular monthly meeting Tues
day evening, 7:30 p. m., in the
school cafeteria.
A program on “Visual Educa
tion” will be presented by H. R.
Jacobson. Parents are asked to
bring along their children who will
be entertained by a story hour.
A social hour will conclude the
meeting and refreshments will be
served.
T-Sgt. L. B. Raines
An Honor Graduate j
Technical Sergeant Louie B.
Raines, of Brevard, was among the
recent honor students graduating
From the Aircraft Propeller Tech
nician Course in August at Chanute
APB, 111.
The son of Mrs. Mack N. Raines,
nf Brevard, and the husband of the
Former Miss Sue Hudgins, of Pis
?ah Forest, Sergeant Raines was
graduated from the Rosman high
school in Rosman, before entering
:he Air Force in July, 1946.
The Aircraft Propeller Techni
cian course is designed to qualify
graduates for duties involving the
nstallation, repair, overhaul, trou
nle-shooting and modification of
iircraft propellors and associated
equipment, and in the supervision
>f aircraft propeller repair activi
;ies.
When in need of job printing
all The Transylvania Times.
Dog And Doll
Show Successful
The first Dog and Doll show,
sponsored by the Transylvania
county Humane Society, was held
Saturday on the lawn of St. Phil
ip’s church parish house.
Humane society officials declar
ed the show highly successful and
they wish to thank everyone who
contributed to its success, both by
their patronage and their work.
The following won awards: Small- J
est dog, “Missy”, Carol Coleman;
Best dressed dog, “Pooch”, Kathy
Boyer; biggest dog, “Beau”, Betsy
Carr; most tricks, “Count”, Stan
ley Bahnsen; resembles owner,
“Honeybug”, Becky Mann.
In the doll contest the winners
were biggest doll, Barbara Roland;
smallest doll, Paul Ann Morrow;
Fullbright Tells Of Importance
Of National Letter Writing Week
Acting Postmaster Here Says
Uncensored Mail Is A Ba
sic Freedom
National Letter Writing week is
again being celebrated in Brevard
this week, Acting Postmaster Ver
non Fullbright announces today.
Commenting on the significance
of National Letter Writing week,
Mr. Fullbright pointed out that
each year since 1938 this event has
been observed as a reminder of the
oldest doll, Peggy Bridges; doll
from country most distant, Ann
Meece; and prettiest doll, Mary
borrow.
real meaning of a personal letter.
Emphasizing the traditional sanc
tity of the letter mail. Mr. Full
bright reminded Brevard residents
that one of the basic American
freedoms is the uncensored trans
mission of their first class mail. It
is the most valuable possession of
the citizens of a free country.
“We all know the human im
portance of letter writing,” Mr.
Fullbright stated,” the way in
which it holds scattered families to
gether, of giving comfort and love
and news to all the people of the
land. But its value is immeasura
bly greater than that. Its implica^ I
High School Is
Holding P-TA Meet
The Brevard High School P-TA
will hold its regular meeting on
Monday, October 15th, at 8 o’clock
in the high school auditorium. All
friends, as well as parents and tea
chers, are cordially invited to at
tend. The program is as follows:
Devotional by Mrs. Ben Ormand;
special music by the Copy Cats;
and a talk on safety by Henry New
bury, of Ecusta Paper corp.
tions are almost infinite.
“We in America have the privi
lege of uncensored and unlimited
means of communication. With this
in mind, I urge all citizens of Bre
vard to join me in this national
celebration. Let’s make National
Letter Writing Week for 1956 th«
greatest ever,” he concluded.
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