The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation In 1943
Voi. 54; No. 28
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 13,1944
ONE SECTION
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TO OPEN CANNERY NEXT WEEK
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Proposed TV A Dam Sites In County To Be Discussed
SMALL DAM SITES
ARE RECOMMENDED
BY LOCAL CROUPS
T V A And Transylvania
Committees To Meet. Money
Approved For Survey.
HARRIS IS CHAIRMAN
Possible dam sites for the Tran
sylvania area of the Tennessee
Valley Flood Control program
will be discussed in a meeting
here next week by engineers and
leaders in the proposed program
and members of the Transylvania
Flood Control committee.
Proposals of the TVA made
several months ago that three
large dams be built in Transylva
nia county to be used only at high
water periods were objected to by
local people through the commit
tee on the grounds that same re
sults could be obtained by build
ing several smaller dams on the
Ftench Broad and Little River
streams, and a vast acreage of
highly productive land saved from
being practically taken out of
cultivation.
One proposed control dam on
Davidson River was given appro
val, but objections were voiced to
the one in the Cathey’s Creek sec
tion on the French Broad and the
one in the Frank Shuford section
on Little River.
In long distance conversation
with the TVA here Monday it was
pointed out tint ♦»>« •ap
proved money for making further
surveys and for drilling on dam
sites. The Transylvania commit
tee and TVA officials will confer
here at the meeting next week on
various phases of the two dams
which have been objected to by the
local organization.
The overall program is not be
ing objected to, it is pointed out
by the Transylvania group, but no
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TIRE QUOTAS FOR
JULY ANNOUNCED
Stove Quotas Also Given; No
Price Violations In Appa
rel Stores Here.
July quotas for passenger car
tires have been increased for Tran
sylvania county by 13 over that of
June, and a slight decrease was
made in quotas for small and large
truck tires, it was announced yes
terday by Miss Mattie Lewis, chief
clerk of the war price and ration
ing board here.
The passenger tire quota for
July is 80; for small truck tires,
54; and for large truck tires, 5.
The June quota was 67 for passen
ger car tires; 50 for small truck
tires; and 4 for large truck tires.
Quotas for tubes have been discon
tinued except with quota limita
tions by applying at the ration
board office.
The July quota for coal and
wood heating stoves is unlimited,
and for coal and wood cooking
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Pfc. William Rhodes
Is Killed In Action
In French Invasion
Pfc. William L. Rhodes was kill
ed in action in France on June 20,
according to a message received
here by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Rhodes, of Cedar Moun
tain, from the war department
last Friday.
Pfc. Rhodes, 27 years of age,
was in the infantry of the U, S.
army, and had been overseas for
several months. He was killed
while with the invasion forces in
the Normandy section. The last
time he was home on furlough
from Fort Bragg, he was heard to
make the remark, “We’re ’raring to
go and get this thing over with as
soon as possible.”
Pfc. Rhodes was inducted into
the army at Fort Bragg on March
14, 1942.
County Exceeds Its Fifth War
Loan Quota By A Good Margin,
Still Behind On Its E’ Quota
To Speak Tonight
NICK T. NEWBERRY, state
manager of the W. 0. W., will
address the Balsam camp mem*
bers in the local W. O. W. hall
here tonight at 8 o’clock. This
is Mr. Newberry’s first visit to
the local camp.
NEWBERRY WILL
SPEAK AT W. O.W.
MEETING TONIGHT
State Manager To Pay First
Visit. Hine Will Also
Attend Meeting.
Nick T. New Derry, of Charlotte,
state manager of the Woodmen of
the World, will speak at a meeting
of the Balsam camp of the W. O.
W. in the hall here tonight (Thurs
day) at 8 o’clock, Ray King, consul
commander, announced today.
This will be Sovereign New
berry’s first visit to the Balsam
camp since his appointment as
state manager some time ago,
King stated.
Newberry is the son of Farrar
Newberry, national president of
the W. 0. W. and he is regarded
as being an outstanding speaker.
George W. Hine, Sr., of Lincoln
ton, district W. O. W. manager, will
also attend the meeting, and tenta
tive plans for entertaining the
delegates to the Western District
Log Rolling convention to be held
here next fall will be made.
Special music will be rendered
by a local quartet and refresh
ments served.
Karl Bosse, secretary of the
camp, is urging all members to at
tend.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee Moore
announce the birth of a son, Do
nald Lee II, at Transylvania com
munity hospital on July 6th.
Second Canning Sugar Registration
To Be Held Here Friday, Saturday
Second registration for canning
sugar will be held Friday and
Saturday, July 14 and 15, from 10
to 5 o’clock in the Brevard pri
mary school building, it was an
nounced yesterday by Dr. J. F.
Zachary, chairman of the local war
price and rationing board.
All applicants are asked to bring
their ration Book 4, which is neces
sary in order to obtain the new
sugar coupon. The registration
will allow an extra 10 pounds of
sugar per person for canning pur
poses during the canning season.
The Brevard location will be the
only place for registering in the
county , and it is urged that all res
idents throughout the county
come to the Brevard primary
school, opposite the post office
building, to make application for
their canning sugar. Around 10.
000 registrations were recorded in
the first canning sugar registration
held last May in 16 centers in the
county.
Volunteer workers will be in
charge of the registration here to
morrow and Saturday, and Dr.
Zachary has made a plea for any
who will offer their services on
either one or both of these days to
notify the ration beard here.
Mrs. Edwin English has return
ed to Barnardsville, after a visit
of several months here with Mrs.
E. S. English and family. She was
accompanied on the return home
by her husband, who spent the
week-end here with his mother.
Total Sales Amount To $560,
128. “E” Bond Purchases !
Still Count.
Transylvania county has gone
over the top of its fifth war loan
drive quota by a substantial mar
gin, but it is lagging behind about
$45,000 on its “E” bond quota
Chairman Ed McMahan announced
today.
A grand total of $560,128.50 irJ
all kinds of bonds have been sold
or about 27 per cent over the
$406,000.00 quota. The “E” bone
sales to date, however, amount tc
only $113,000.00, while the quota k
$158,000.
Sale of “E” bonds for the res'
of the month of July count ancT
McMahan today issued an urgent
request for every one to buy extra
“E” bonds between now and the
first of August.
“I cannot overemphasize the
importance of reaching our "E”
bond quota,” he stated.
Total bond sales during the
fifth loan drive exceeded all pre
vious records by approximately
$11,000. “When the drive ends the
last of the month, we should be
over $600,000,” McMahan said.
Approximately $260,000 worth
were sold last Friday night at the
county-wide rally held here at the
high school.
A group of officers and enlisted
men and two nurses from the
Moore General hospital assisted in
conducting the bond sales. They
were introduced by Lt. George B.
Faulder, who was wounded at Cas
sino.
Mrs. J. S. Silversteen was the
principal speaker for the occasion
and entertainment was furnished
by Adelaide Van Wey who sang
several war-inspired songs and by
the Transylvania Music School
Camp band, under the direction of
James Christian Pfohl.
Chairman McMahan presided at
the rally and Rev. W. A. Jenkins
gave the benediction.
10 BOYS ARE ATTENDING
SCOUT CAMP THIS WEEK
This week 10 members of Boy
Scout troop number 1 here are at
tending the Daniel Boone Council
camp near Waynesville, Scout
master Jim Hatley announces. The
10 boys are Richard Harrison, Bob
Loftis, Bob Morris, Bobby Joe
Nicholson, Bobby McCall, Bobby
Reid, Jim Hatley, Thomas McCra
ry, Tommy Smith and Ray Brown.
C. M. Douglas and J. A. Glazener
took the boys to camp last Mon
day.
Boy Scouts from other local
troops are expected to attend the
council camp before the season
closes.
Mr. A. A. Ford, of Winchester,
Tenn., is visiting his son, Mr. John
A. Ford, and family here.
Governor J. M. Broughton Praises Ecusta Paper Corp.
Shown above is a picture made while Governor Broughton was speaking at the National Security
Award ceremony held at the Ecusta picnic on the Fourth of July. Officials and employees of the
company were highly lauded for the records made. (Staff Photo.)
CIO ELECTION TO
EE HELD IN TWO
ROSMAN PLANTS
Election To Be Conducted
August; 2 By The Labor
Relations Board*
An election will be held on Wed
nesday, August 2, among the em
ployees of the Rosman Tanning
Extract company and the Toxaway
Tanning company to determine
whether or not they want the CIO
to represent them as a bargaining
agency, it was learned today.
The date for holding the elec
tion was set by a representative of
the Labor Relations board, during
a meeting with officials of the com
panies and representatives of the
CIO and an employees’ committee
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Children’s Center
Opened In Brevard
For Summer Months
A recreational and children’s
care center has opened here in the
primary school building, with Miss
L. Pearl Edwards as instructor in
charge. Miss Edwards is first
grade teacher in a Macon, Ga. pri
mary school.
The school, which is in session
every week day morning from 9
to 12, is for children of the ages
5, 6 and 7. It will be in operation
here through the summer months.
The children are taught outdoor
play, rhymes with piano music,
finger, spatter and easel painting,
clay modeling, games, blocks and
other building material.
Miss Edwards is stopping this
summer at the Sledge House.
Hudson Boy Struck
By Car Here Tues.
Laveme Hudson, 15-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Dover Hudson,
of the Little River section, suffer
er a broken collar bone late Tues
day afternoon when struck by a
passing car at the intersection of
Main and Broad streets in Bre
vard. He was taken at once to
Transylvania community hospital
by Chief Freeman, where he re
mained overnight and was remov
ed the following morning to an
Asheville hospital for X-ray exami
nation.
As the boy was looking back
while crossing the street, he failed
to see the passing automobile,
which was driven by Pfc. David
Grossman, a serviceman who was
en route from Cleveland, Ohio, to
Fort Jackson. The fact that the
car was not going at a high speed
is given as the reason for the
young boy not being more serious
ly injured. No charges were lodged
against Grossman.
No Cases Of Polio Reported In
County, Precautionary Measures
Taken By Camps Here, However
STARTS COLUMN
PFC. JOHN ANDERSON, who
has been stationed in England
since last March, has started
writing a column for The Times,
entitled “Soldiering in the
United States and England.” The
first release appears in this is
sue. Johnny, as he is widely
known in this county, was busi
ness manager of this paper be
fore entering service in January,
1943.
Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Kennerly, of
Greenville, S. C., were Sunday
guests of the latter’s mother, Mrs.
D. L. Thorne.
Boy And Girl Camps Are
Observing Voluntary Qua
rantine, Though.
Contrary to rumors, there are no
cases of infantile paralysis in Bre
vard or Transylvania county, a re
port from the county health de
partment reveals.
In the piedmont section of North
Carolina and in several mountain
counties the disease is continuing
to rage, but there are very few
cases in adjoining Western North
Carolina counties and no official
cases have been reported here.
As a precautionary measure,
however, all of the boy and girl
camps in the county are observing
a voluntary quarantine and are
not allowing new campers from
polio areas to enroll or the parents
of campers from these areas to
visit here.
Dr. C. N. Sisk, health officer, is
advising parents to keep small
children at home and away from
gatherings even though there are
no infantile paralysis cases in the
county.
Latest official reports show
that there are 64 cases in North
Carolina, 16 in South Carolina, 9
in Georgia, 37 in Florida, 69 in
Kentucky and 4 in Mississippi.
There are 2 cases in Buncombe
county and 1 in Haywood.
All Brevard college students
who live in sections where polio
is raging or who would have to
pass through those sections to get
home are not being permitted to
go home until September.
Employment Office Here To Be Open
Every Day; Preference Given Locally
Because of the increasing use of
its facilities by local employees
and employers, the office of the
U. S. Employment Service here
will be open 6 days a week from
8:30 until 2 o’clock in the after
noon, Ralph R. King, manager, an
nounced today.
“The number of people using
our facilities has increased every
week since the office was estab
lished some time ago,” Mr. King
said.
k In regard to the new priority
program that became effective
July 1, Mr. King said that refer
rals to local industries will take
preference over outside indus
tries of equal priority.
He stated that employers will be
notified in the near future of their
priority ratings, as well as their
labor ceilings.
Mr. King again explained that
under the new regulations all male
workers will be referred to jobs
only by the U. S. E. S. and that
employers are urged to call the
office and place their orders for
workers so that they can be served
effectively. The new program, he
said, does not effect women work
ers or agricultural employees.
“We will be glad to give all in
formation that is available to
both workers and employers who
visit our office,” he said. “The
new program is designed to place
more effectively all workers where
they are so urgently needed in
the stress of war production.”
USE IS AVAILABLE
TO EVERY ONE IN
TOWN AND COUNTY
Community Cannery Is Lo
cated at Brevard High
School. Well Equipped.
SIMMONS IN CHARGE
A modern and well equipped
community cannery for the people
of Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty will be opened here next week
in a small building on the Brevard
high school campus, C. L. Sim
mons, local vocational agriculture
instructor who has charge of the
cannery, announced today.
The facilities of the new cannery
will be available to anyone living
in Transylvania and John E. Ruf
ty, principal of the Brevard ele
mentary school, has been appoint
ed as canning instructor.
The new establishment is equip
ped to do all kinds of canning, in
cluding fruits, vegetables and
meats. Patrons will furnish the.
raw materials, do their own work
and pay small fees to cover costa
of cans and use of canning facili
ties. The processing fees range
from 2 to 2% cents per can and
the tin cans cost on an average
around 3 cents each, making the
total cost per can around 5 to 6
cents.
The cannery will be open every
day from 9 until 5 o’clock and a
schools with the state and federal
governments helping to furnish
equipment.
The equipment consists of prep
aration tables, wash sinks, 3 pre
cookers, 3 large pressure cookers,
3 steam cooling vats, 2 large auto
matic electric sealers and a large
quantity of small equipment to be
used in the various operations.
The establishment of the can
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TO HOLD MEETING
OF ALL EMPLOYERS
New Labor Ceiling And
Priorities Plan To Be Ex
plained Here Monday.
A meeting for all employers in
Brevard and Transylvania county
will be held next Monday after
noon at 3 o’clock in the court
house here under the sponsor
ship of the Chamber of Commerce
and with the co-operation of the
U. S. Employment Service and the
War Manpower Commission, Ed
McMahan, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce announced to
day.
A representative from the area
office of the War Manpower Com
mission in Asheville will speak to
the employers and will explain
the new priorities referral plan of
the stabilization program.
This new plan, which became ef
fective on July 1, will be explain
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Miss Jarvis Named
As Assistant Home
Agent In County
Miss Kathleen Jarvis, of Laurel
Springs, N. C., has been appointed
assistant home demonstration
agent of Transylvania county for
the summer months, Miss Annabel
Teague, home agent, announced to
day.
Miss Jarvis will assist Miss Tea
gue in giving canning and other
demonstrations before the home
demonstration clubs in the county
and will also do 4-H club work.
The new assistant agent is a
graduate of Sparta high school and
of the State Teachers college at
Radford, Va. Last year she taught
home economics and science at
Low Gap high school. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Jarvis, of Laurel Springs.