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The Transylvania Times Published Every Thursday by TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY Brevard, N. C. THE NEWS THE TIMES Estab. 1896 Estab. 1931 Consolidated 1932 Entered as second class matter, October 29, 1931, at the Post Office in Brevard, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. ED M. ANDERSON_Publisher HENRY HENDERSON_Ass’t. Publisher MISS ALMA TROWBRIDGE.Associate IRA B. ARMFIELD _Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER YEAR In the County, $1.50 Out of the County, $2.00 MuaimgR OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION PRIZES AWARDED TO THE TIMES Winner of 1943 Awards for Best Large Non-Daily in North Carolina and Second Best in Nation. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944 Excellent Programs The Transylvania Music School-Camp is not only providing an excellent opportu nity for boys and girls to develop their musical talents, but the school’s students and faculty members are also giving this community an unparalleled opportunity of hearing fine musical programs. The faculty concerts on Tuesday even ings and the student concerts on Thursday evenings are splendid and surpass in quali ty and variety any similar programs ever presented here during the summer months. The Tuesday evening concerts have clearly proven that the school's faculty is composed of outstanding musicians and the Thursday concerts have already shown that the students are learning a great deal at this unique music school-camp. The programs presented by the band and chorus are exceptionally fine and it is almost unbelievable that the children could have been taught to perform so mag nificently in so short a period of time. Of course most of them had studied music prior^to euteni|jg the school last month, but they had neve# pi&yed and sung together before. To Director Pfohl and members of his staff, we extend hearty congratulation. Beware Of Optimism We usually find ourselves in agreement with practically every statement made by our outstanding governor, Hon. J. M. Broughton, but wo do not share his feeling contained in the positive statement that the war in Europe and the Pacific will be over before the next Fourth of July. We grant that such is possible and that we fervently pray for the war to end even before that time, but we still have a long way to go. During the past five weeks we have established a substantial foothold in France and are moving forward, but our progress, like our progress in Italy, is slow. Of course our Russian allies are now mov ing towards the German border more rapidly than we are and obviously it is true that the Germans can and will crack up on their home front. But grim realism prevents us from believing that the Ger mans will submit to unconditional surren der before late fall and we doubt if the Japs can be licked in less than twelve months from that time. The outlook is surely bright, but let’s not become too optimistic. Premature op timism will cause a dangerous relaxation on both the home and fighting fronts. Let’s continue to throw everything we have into this fight, anticipating the worst and hoping for the best! We Are Thankful We are profoundly grateful that there are no cases of infantile paralysis in Bre vard and Transylvania county now and urge that every precaution be taken to pre vent the spread of the state’s worst polio epidemic into this section. The college and summer camps are wise in asking parents from areas where there is polio not to visit here. At the pres ent time, there are nearly 300 cases of in fantile paralysis in the state, but fortunate ly none of them are close to Brevard. This is a terrible, dreadful disease, and let's hope it doesn't strike locally. Post-War Planning The greatest problem of the post-war world will be the question of employment. If jobs can be provided in private in dustry at good wage levels for all of those who are now employed, as well as for all of the returning servicemen, business will be the best we have ever known. Certainly there will be a tremendous demand for everything, including agricul tural and manufactured products of all kinds, and if the problem is handled right, there should not be any necessity for the government having to provide public works employment on any vast scale. In the first place, the government can not afford it and if it could, such action would be dangerous for the continued suc cess of free and private enterprise which assure continuance of Democracy. To help solve this re-employment prob lem, a heavy responsibility rests upon every employer. In this connection, we are impressed with a plan that has been adopted by Esso Marketers and which is being outlined in a series of timely advertisements that will appear in this paper, starting with this is sue. If every employer can take care of both his present employees and those in the armed forces, then the problem will be solved. Another Triumph Hats off to the school children of Tran sylvania and of the 99 other counties in North Carolina. Information just released from the Treasury Department in Washington re veals that North Carolina has exceeded all states in the union in the Buy-A-Plane campaign conducted by the public schools for the period from January 1 through June 15, 1944, in the sale of war stamps and bonds for the purchase of planes. Total sales in this state exceeded six million and California was second with nearly five million sold. Pennsylvania was third and Texas fourth. We are likewise elated over the fact that our county again went over the top of its loan drive quota so triumphantly, and with the rest of the month left, we should exceed our “E” bond quota. Let’s do it! To Chairman Ed McMahan, to members of the war finance committee and to all others who helped make the fifth war loan a success, we offer felicitations. Keep Prices Down! With the allies on the move towards ultimate victory, there is danger that we might relax our efforts on the home front. One of our most dangerous enemies is ris ing prices. Runaway prices will destroy the value of everything that we have. Now is the time to protect our future. Let’s be careful and not buy another depression. Don’t pay above ceiling prices. Avoid black markets! In The Right Direction Meeting in Raleigh Thursday, the State Board of Education adopted a budget call for the expenditure of $36,200,000 dur ing the 1944-45 school year. This will rep resent an increase of $1,100,000 over the expenses for the past school year. No North Carolinian who appreciates the vital role of the public school system in a democracy will argue for a moment that even with this enlarged appropriation, the state will be spending too much on the education of its children. As our financial capacity increases, we must expend more if we are to give our children the type of education to which they are entitled and which they will need in meeting the prob lems of their generation. But we are making progress, tremen dous progress in North Carolina. During the past ten years, our annual expenditures on our public school system have more than doubled. We will spend this coming year approximately fifty per cent more than we did in the last full peace-time year. In 1944-45 we will expend on the public school system more than we spent on all of the costs of state government in 1936-37. Our present school system has its im perfections and deficiencies. Make no mis take of that fact. But in dwelling on these inadequacies we should not forget the ad vance which we have made during the past decade. We are moving steadily and in the right direction. -The Asheville Citizen. HE HUFFED AND HE PUFFED k fs&a, K. < 1 Ar>vs iTALim\) ,L°ff£S ,J£ -----— 'T Down Your Alley BY IRA B. ARMFIELD mm m m I __ Ralph Fisher told the Lions at ther meeting Thursday night that the bond sellers made such a clean sweep in the Little River section that crows flying over it for the next few months would have to carry their own rations. . . County Chairman Ed McMahan gave Ralph credit for the greatly increased amount of bonds sold at the Bal sam Grove rally during the recent drive. At the Fourth War Loan drive rally, the sellers belabored the audience, but sold only one $25 bond. This time more than $9,000 worth were bought. F. G. Norton, of Brevard, Route 2, showed me a few days ago a copy of a little mimeo sheet gotten out by a battalion of Seabees on Munda island, in the South Pa cific, of which his son, D. E. Nor ton, is a member. It contains a clever parody on Lincoln’s Gettys burg address, which is quoted in full below: Two score and seven days ago our battalion brought forth a new project, conceived in a foxhole and I dedicated to the proposition that I all Japs are created evil. We are now ensnared in the heat, rain and mud of the island, testing whether this project of the Seabees will long endure. We are all together, slipping and sliding as we do this, but in a larger sense we cannot! navigate, we cannot harrow this ground, for those great rains which make this mud here have made it impossible, far above t^e poor power of all but the “Cats.” It is for us, the Seabees, rather to be enslaved here by this menial labor which they who are in charge have thus so freely advanced. It is for us to be here sickened by the dish of hash set before us, that from these cans we took nour ishment nor no devotion to these cooks, for our stomachs have an everlasting measure of commotion. The world will little note nor long remember what we built here, but we shall never forget what we ate here. Let us resolve that we shall not have sweat in vain; that this battalion shall have 30 days of freedom in the United States Commandos, points out the man at the next desk, are different than other expected guests. The place is a mess when they leave— not when they arrive. Japs are making butter out of whale oil. They should start a fad in Tokyo for eating the bread dry. The only time Junior really knuckles down is when he is play ing marbles. The British income tax sys tem is now a century old. This is just another of those cases where the first 100 years are the tough est. by Christmas; that this thought shall not perish from our hopes. A doctor examined a man in a hospital. As the man bared his chest, he revealed tatooed por traits of Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt. “Want to proclaim your patriot ism, eh?” asked the doctor. “Right,” was the reply. “And you should see where I’ve got Hitler and Tojo.” Zadok Dumkopf complains that the rubber tires on his lawn mower never have a blowout. And then there was the hay fever victim who complains that the OPA never has put a ceil ing on sneezes. The ant-eater, according to Fact ographs, is a difficult animal to kill. Well, who in tarnation, asks Grandpappy Jenkins — an old picnic addict—would ever want to kill such a swell creature? SINGING BE HELD SUNDAY The upper district singing con vention of Transylvania county will meet Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Mt. Moriah-Cherryfield Baptist church, it has been announced by Glenn Winchester, president Several visiting singers are expect ed to be present. When yr ur doctor cjks wnere you prefer to have your prescription filled, say: VARNER'S, because: Filled only by registered pharma cist; as written and at reasonable prices. (Advt) NOTICE To Dog Owners Starting this Saturday, July 15, and contin uing every Saturday for several weeks, I will vaccinate dogs against rabies. I will be located back of the City Hall in Brevard. The state law requires that dogs be vacci nated regularly. ALVIN McCALL Your fruits and vegetables may come directly from your own yard or you may take advantage of the local season to buy quantities of fresh truck at the market. In either case, those who take their home canning seriously th«j season are sure to be in a favorable position next winter. Your county home demonstration agent can give you worthwhile tips. Why not drop in and talk it over? “Electricity Is Vital—Don’t Waste It” (£) REDDY KILOWATT
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