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★ 12 PAGES TODAY ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 1944 ★ ONE SECTION ★
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Jaycees To Conduct Waste Collectio i Drive Sunday
PUBLIC IS ASKED
TO COOPERATE TO
FULLEST EXTENT
Every Family Requested To
Have Waste Paper on
Porch or Sidewalk.
A city wide waste paper collec
tion drive will be conducted in
Brevard this Sunday afternoon
from 2 until 5 o’clock by the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce and an
urgent appeal was issued today for
the public to cooperate fully in
r this vital war effort program.
|1 Every home and business estab
V* lishment is being asked to gather
up all waste paper, including news
papers, books, magazines, corru
gated and cardboard boxes, wrap
per paper etc., tie them up in
bundles and leave the bundles on
the porch or edge of sidewalk.'
The Jaycee members will can
vass every street in town, pick up
the paper and haul it to their de
pot here in the heart of town.
Every one is asked to prepare
paper for easy handling by: News
papers — fold them flat and tie
in bundles about 12 inches high;
Magazines — tie them in bundles
about 18 inches high; corrugated
and cardboard boxes—flatten them
out and tie them in bundles about
12 inches high.
Paper is one of the most criti
cal items on the WPB list today.
Chairman Donald Nelson has is
sued a special appeal to the pub
lic to co-operate in the collection «
of this waste which is reclailned
and used again.
“This is another one of the pa
triotic services that our members
are rendering and we will appre
ciate the co-operation of the pub
lic,” Howard Schmidt, president of
the Jaycees, stated.
All proceeds that the Jaycees re
ceive from sale of waste paper
goes to some war activity program
here.
BAPTISTS SEEK
BUILDING FUNDS
Every-Member Canvass To
Be Made By Group
Next Sunday
A committee of the First Baptist
church here, headed by Julian A.
Glazener, will counduct an every
member canvass of the church
membership this Sunday. The ob
ject of this canvass is to obtain
pledges to the church budget and
at the same time an opportunity
will be given members to make a
donation to the church building
fund to erect a new auditorium
after the war.
Already about $4,000 has been
I, raised to apply on the cost of the
church auditorium, according to
John A. Ford, a member of the
committee. This money has been
invested in war bonds and other
moneys donated for the purpose
will be similarly invested. No
pledges to the building fund will
be sought Sunday, Mr. Ford said,
just a donation of any amount the
member feels able to give.
Pledge cards will be distributed
at the service Sunday morning and
pledges to the building fund re
quested. The committee will en
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Confusion Caused By
Report Last Monday
About Income Taxes
Many people were confused
i Monday and Monday night by
1 radio reports to the effect that
I “estimated income reports for
i 1944 should not be filed until
new forms are sent out from
Washington.”
S. Dewey Gravely, local deputy
collector, said that people are
supposed to file their 1943 re
ports now, and that only those
who receive or expect to receive
money or other compensation
\ from sources other than salary
are affected by the “estimate”
report to be filed in April.
Lions Club is Sponsoring A
Movement To Hold A County
Fair Here Last Of August
Heads Red Cross
JERRY JEROME, prominent
Brevard business man and civic
leader, was highly praised Tues
day night for his work as head
of the Red Cross chapter here.
RED CROSSlERE
ANSWERED 1,300
CALLS PAST YEAR
Jerry Jerome Re-Elected
Chapter Chairman. Other
Officers Named
Over 1300 calls were answered by
the Transylvania chapter Ameri
can Red Cross during the year
ending in February, it was reveal
ed at the annual meeting Tuesday.
Branches of the local chapter were
asked to put their report in statis
tical style so that it may be pub
lished in The Times for the public.
At the annual meeting which
was attended by O. E. Roberts,
field director, Jerry Jerome was
re-elected chapter chairman, and
praised by the executive commit
tee for the fine work done in the
community under his guidance as
chairman.
Other officers included Mrs.
Henry N. Carrier, vice chairman;
Mrs. Annie M. Douglas, secretary;
Alex Kizer, treasurer.
Members of the executive
committee include: Mrs. Blanche
Sims, surgical dressings chairman;
Mrs. J. W. Smith, knitting chair
man; Mrs. Ashe Macfie, first aid
chairman; Mrs. Mary Jane Mc
Crary, home nursing chairman;
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Other Organizations Asked
To Become Sponsors.
Committee Named
Plans are now being made here
to hold a Transylvania county fair
in Brevard the last week in Au
gust, it was learned today.
The Brevard Lions club is pro
moting the movement to organize
a nonprofit association and is ask
ing the Kiwanis club, Junior and
Senior chambers of commerce,
American Legion post. Women’s
Civic club, farm and home demon
stration offices, schools and in
dustries and various other civic
organizations to join the associa
tion, and to help sponsor the com
munity fair.
A Lions club committee, com
posed of John Ford, chairman, Dr.
Carl Hardin, Dr. B. W. Loomis and
George Massey, is now busy con
tacting these various organizations
and mapping out tentative plans
for the proposed county fair.
It is pointed out that state and
national agricultural leaders are
urging that county fairs be re
sumed this year as stimulus to the
gigantic wartime 1944 food and
feed production program.
“A county fair is a fine institu
tion for the promotion of agricul
tural, industrial and educational
betterment,” Mr. Ford declared.
‘‘They also stimulate more civic
pride and promote fellowship and
goodwill.
‘ There is no reason whatever
why we should not have a good
county fair here in Transylvania
and I hope other organizations will
join with us in the promotion of
a fair this year.”
He said that all sponsoring
organizations are being requested
to appoint or elect one or two
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Womanieas Wedding
Will Be Presented
At Ecusta Party
A ‘‘Womanless Wedding” will
be presented tomorrow night at
8:30 o’clock in the Ecusta cafe
teria by employees of the elec
trical department of which Ed
win Happ is in charge.
This performance promises to
provide rare entertainment. In
the cast there are 26 men who
will be dressed in special costumes.
This is a highlight feature of
Ecusta’s February party for em
ployees, their wives and hus
bands.
Both round and square dancing
will be enjoyed after the show.
Music will be furnished by the
Ecusta Swing band which played
for the President’s Birthday ball
here and by the Ecusta string
band.
Committee To Start Collection Of
Money For Brevard College Fund
The Brevard college committee
of the senior chamber of com
merce, at a meeting held at the
Methodist church Sunday after
noon, decided to inaugurate an ef
fort immediately to collect pledges
made nearly three years ago to a
college building fund. Dr. E. J.
Coltrane and Ed M. Anderson were
designated to draft and mail out
a letter calling for payments.
Ed H. McMahan presided at the
meeting in the absence of S. E.
Varner, chairman. Ed M. Ander
son \&as elected vice chairman of
the group and Mrs. Ralph Fisher
was chosen secretary. Members of
the committee present were Rev.
W. A. Jenkins, W. W. Brittain,
Alex Kizer, Ralph Fisher, O. H.
Orr, Dr. J. F. Zachary, Dr. Burt
Loomis and Ira B. Armfield, Ab
sent were Mr. Anderson, R. H.
Ramsey, Prof. J. B. Jones, J. S.
Siiversteen, H. H. Straus and Rev.
B. W. Thomason.
Or. Coltrane explained to the
committee the status of the en
dowment fund and the building ]
fund started three years ago. j
Around $90,000 of $139,000 need- j
ed to increase the college’s en- j
dowment fund to $200,000 had :
been raised, he stated. A million i
dollar building program is antici- j
pated for the post-war period, Dr. (
Coltrane said. It is hoped to raise i
the balance of the endowment j
money by the tenth anniversary of i
the college in June, he continued,
which will be celebrated in an j
impressive way. j
A committee consisting of Dr. 1
Coltrane, chairman, Ray Bennett s
and Alex Kizer was named to i
formulate plans for raising $5,000 i
locally for the college endowment 1
fund. They were directed to re* 1
port at the next meeting of the
committee. <
THIRTY-FIVE MEN
PLACED IN CLASS.
ONE-A BY BOARD
Thirty-One Other* Put In 4
F. Complete List Is An
nounced Today
Thirty-five Transylvania county
men were placed in 1-A this week
by the draft board, afccording to
an announcement by Mrs. Allie B.
Harllee, clerk. Making an unusual
ly large classification list, 31 men
were put in 4-F, with 15 others
classified.
Those in 1-A were Burder Craw
ford, Calvin T. Reece, William W.
Gravley, Thomas W. McCrary,
Harold L. Hudson, W. Herman Jor
dan, Harley C. Owen, Kermit Pat
terson, William E. Smith, Lesco J.
Galloway, James H. Curtis, Sam
uel D. Buchanan, fcarl Killian,
Walter B. Phillips, Fred W. Wil
son, Isaac J. Eckenrod, Leanus N.
Chappell, Benjamin Lusk, Jeter C.
Kitchen, Clyde L. McLaughlin,
Fred J. West, Oliver B. Byrd, An
gus Patterson, John SL Brock, Mal
colm D. Smith, Clarence E. Cur
lee, Doctor F. Coren, Jack E.
Trantham, Lewis D. Gravley, Doyle
E. Gillstrap, Clarencp E. Bowen,
James S. Brothertan* Doyce E.
Bracken, Eddie T. Mofcs and Thom
as Young.
Two men, Doyle Devore and
Walter C. Galloway,? were placed
in 1-A (H).
Those in 2-A are Albert L. Liles,
James C. Gaither, Aaron Mills,
Otis G. Morgan and Albert C.
Price, Jr.
Also classified were: George R.
Liverett, Marvin H. Houston, Wil
liam E. Norternan, and Robert H.
Rogers in 2-B; Robert L. English
in 1-C; J. Von Tritt and Arnold L.
Wells in 2-C; and Ralph Galloway
in 3-C.
Placed in 4-F were: Henry Cison,
Andrew J. Boggs, Spencer W.
Chapman, Johnnie S. Buchanan,
James Buchanan, Herbert B. Grav
ley, Clyde Barton, Thomas J.
Stroup, James M. Aiken, Dickey
Tinsley, Ransom Stamey, Hubert
Whitmire, Edward I. Thomas, Rob
ert D. Justus, John E. Driscoll,
Charles M. Huggins, Vardera D.
Mulenex, Claud L. Barton, Denes
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FINAL RilB HELD
FOR J. F. HAYES
Aged Man Died Following
Long Illness. Father Of
Sheriff Hayes
Funeral service was held yester
day afternoon at 2 o’clock for J.
Frank Hayes, 82, who died at his
home in Cherryfield Monday
morning about noon, following an
extended illness. The service was
held at the Mt. Moriah Calvert
Baptist church, conducted by Rev.
W. S. Price and Rev. S. B. McCall.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Bessie Israel, Mrs. Cheilie
Huggins, Mrs. Leila Cassell and
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Poultry Production
Courses Announced
R. E. Lawrence, vocational ag
riculture teacher at Rosman, an
nounced yesterday that a poultry
production course would be put
on at Rosman high school and at
Burton’s store. Dan Glazenerwill
teach the courses and will take up
all phases of poultry raising, in
cluding incubation, housing, di
seases, feeding and other phases
involved in successful poultry cul
ture.
The meetings will begin at Bos
nian Monday night, February 21,
at 7 o’clock and at Burton’s store
Tuesday night at the same hour.
Thereafter meetings will be held
at Rosman Monday and Wednes
day nights and at Burton’s store
Tuesday and Thursday nights for
three weeks.
Every one is invited to take the
course.
FATHER OF TEN CALLED BY ARMY
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SURROUNDED by their Hem children, truck driver Angelo
Micciulla, 34, and his wife pose for this family portrait in New
York just after he had passed his physical examination for the
army. As he prepares to don a uniform, Mrs. Micciulla waits the
birth of No. 11. (International)
Circulation Of Transylvania
Library Has Doubled Since it
Became Public County Library
ATTENDANCE IN
SCHOOL REDUCED
BY SNOW MONDAY
No Interruption Of Schools,
However. Buses Make
Most Trips
Attendance at the county schools
fell considerably below normal
Monday morning because of the
snow. All of the schools continued
operation, however, according to
announcement by Supt. J. B.
Jones.
Tuesday’s ice and continued
cold weather did not keep the
Transylvania buses from running
and attendance reports showed a
decided increase over the pre
vious day. Only two teachers in
the county were unable to re
turn to school the first of the
week on account of the weather,
it was stated.
In reporting that there had been
no bus mishaps in spite of the
slippery roads, Mr. Jones stated
that drivers of the Transylvania
county school buses were request
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Three Hundred New Books
Have Arrived. Have
Children’s Books
The circulation of the Transyl
vania county library has doubled
since the institution was convert
ed into a public library a short
time ago, it was learned today
from Mrs. Lehman Kapp, librarian.
She also announced that 300
new books have arrived and that
they are being catalogued accord
ing to the Dewey Decimal system
Among these books to be put on
the shelves at an early date are
many of the leading books of the
day dealing with post-war plan
ning, which should be of special
interest to the high school and
college students.
There are also a number of
children’s books and in the new
shipment is a collection of 1000
games and entertainment sugges
tions. Already school children
have been pouring into the library
and Mrs. Kapp says that when
these special books for young peo
j pie are placed on the shelves she
expects an even greater interest.
Also showing a keen interest in
the library since it became a coun
ty wide institution, the farm wo
men of the county through the
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*315,575 Worth Of Bonds Sold
At Big County-Wide Rally Here
Transylvania county went ever
the top in raising its bond quota
at the county-wide rally where
$314,575 worth of bonds were sold.
The rally, which was preceded
by a parade featuring captured
German equipment brought here
by a group of Camp Davis men
under the command of 1st Li
Ralph Renzulli, was held at the
Brevard high school.
The Eeusta band, under the
direction of John Eversman, fur
nished music for the occasion.
Ed McMahan, county bond chair
man, introduced Lt Frank Is®,
who gave a brief talk concerning
the captured equipment The Rev.
B. W. Thomason 'paid tribute to
the boys from this county who
have paid the supreme sacrifice in
this war. Those were: Richard En
loe, Albert Kilpatrick, Charles
Mull, L. E. Jackson, K. I. Smith,
Robert F. Johnson, Lewis Sims and
Jack Miller, who is missing in
action.
Ralph Fisher, district command'
er of the American Legion, paid
tribute to the Transylvania parents
of four or more sons or daughters
in the service. The following were
included: L. F. Lyday, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter McNeely, Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. McCormick, J. M. Meece,
Roland Fisher, C. F. Misenheimer,
Clarence Smith, Mr. and Mrs S. H.
Siniard, Will Parker and C. W.
Henderson. Also mentioned but not
present was Mamie Anderson, cob
ored.
Jerry Jerome, Herb Schain and
Charlie Douglas were in charge of
bond sales.
Judge J. Will Pless, judge of the
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VALUABLE PRIZES
TO BE GIVEN TO
HIGHEST BIDDERS
Auction Sale To Be Conduc
ted At Co-Ed Theatre
Tuesday Night
PRIZES ANNOUNCED
Brevard business men, at the
solicitation of the merchants’ com
mittee of the chamber of com
merce, have donated 43 awards in
merchandise and services, which
will be auctioned off at a bond
rally in the Co-Ed theatre Tuesday
night, starting at 9:15. D. T. Aber
crombie is chairman of this com
mittee. A full page announcement
of this event, which is expected
to materially swell the sale of “E”
bonds in this county, appears in
another part of this paper.
There will be only one complete
show at the Co-Ed that night and
a special admission price of only
30 cents will be charged. At its
conclusion, the doors of the the
atre will be opened free to every
one wishing to attend the auction,
which will begin at 9:15. John
Ford, Jerry Jerome and C. M.
Douglas will cry the articles off.
The Ecusta string band will play.
Mr. Abercrombie expressed him
self as being delighted with the
response of local business men for
donations for this purpose. “Bid
ding should be spirited,” he stated,
“for we really have a splendid
collection of high-class merchan
dise.”
Below is a list of firms which
made contributions and the article
or service given by each:
Plummer’s, $15.00 in trade.
Long’s Drug Store, $10.00 in
trade.
Phillip Price’s News Stand, Yel
lo-Bole pipe, 2 lbs. smoking tobac
co and one package of Kindle
Sticks.
Modern Beauty Shop, $15.00
permanent and one Revlon oil
manicure.
Whiteway Dry Cleaners, $10.00
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MAYREACrr
WAR BOND QUOTA
County Already Over Top
Of Its Total Quota By
A Big Margin
Transylvania county has already
gone over the top of its Fourth
War Loan drive quota by a sub
stantial margin, but as yet the E
bond quota has not been reached,
Co-chairman Jerry Jerome an
nounced today.
“With the sale of E bonds for
this drive being continued until
March 2 and with a big auction sale
slated to be held at the theatre
here next Tuesday night, I feel
confident that we will reach or
pass the E quota,” Mr. Jerome
said.
The E quota is $164,000 and
sales to date ^mount to approxi
mately $125,000.
A total of $475,000 worth of all
kinds of bonds has been sold in
the county during the drive, which
is $126,000 over quota of $346,000.
The rally scheduled to have been
held at Connestee Monday night
was cancelled because of bad wea
ther.
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Bus Hearing Will
Be Held Next Week -
The state utilities commission
will hold a hearing next Thurs
day morning at 10:30 o'clock in
the Langren hotel in Asheville
on the proposal for leasing the
Atlantic Greyhound franchise
from Brevard to Hendersonville
to the City Bus company of Hen
dersonville.
A large number of interested
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty citisens are expected to attend
the hearing and to oppose the
proposal. Chamber of commerce
attorneys are now preparing te
present evidence.