Transylvania County Entrance to Pisgah National Forest wcaaaaaaemaaaaaaaasa THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County Vol. 51; No. 25 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HARDIN, McMAHAN HEARD IN TALKS AT NYA CLASSES Point Out Privileges That Are Enjoyed By Youth Of Today Mayor Carl Hardin and Attorney E. H. McMahan were heard Tuesday morning in short addresses before a group of young boys enrolled in the furniture and cabinet making division of the vocational training classes of the NYA here. Mayor Hardin, who spoke first, point ed out to the group that education does not merely mean being a graduate of a college or university. He said that the term “educated” could be applied to hundreds and hundreds of people who had never seen a school house, and that there were no limits to the heights a person might ascend by taking ad vantage of the opportunities offered in a woodworking class. Mayor Hardin declared that the pro cess of education was not training. He said monkeys were trained. bi|t that persons became educated by learning to do things which no foreman had to tell them to do. He told the boys en rolled in the class that if they would ap ply themselves earnestly at their work, they, too, would become educated. Mr. McMahan, in his talk, emphasiz ed to the young people that they were being given a course by the Federal government and that they should adept themselves to their work and put forth their best. He compared the present situation in which young boys grow up and live to that of their ancestors who founded this country and pointed out that our forefathers never had such an opportunity as we have at the pres ent time. He said that hard work had been the major factor in the building of this great country of ours and that the youth of today should show their appreciation by doing hard work them selves. Mr. McMahan told the group, in six concise statements, how best to prepare themselves for life. He warned them to be honest and truthful, to be consider ate of others, to learn to appreciate values, to learn to be thankful for what they had, to learn to think clearly, and to be serious in their work. He urged them, above all, to be a man. a real man who knows how to live. Supervisors of the local NYA wood work and carpentry training center is W. L. Wood, and currently enrolled in the class are James Anders, of Lake Toxaway, David Conner, of Cherryfield, lyovic Galloway of Selica, Doyle Eu banks of Selica, Arthur Anders of Roe man. Henry Snipes, of Rosman. Bill Bentley of Selica, and Joe Gillespie, of Rosman. CHILD KULED IN AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR CASHIERS One Death and Four Injured Result of Car Overturning On Curve Onf> death and four persons injured was the result of an automobile acci dent on the highway near Cashiers val ley last Sunday afternoon. Killed was a two-year-old twin son of Mrs. Marjorie Littleton of Rosman, and the injured included Mrs. Littleton, twin brother of the dead child, and two Jones youths, brothers of Mrs. Little ton. Only superficial injuries were suf fered by the Jones youths and the child, but Mrs. Littleton was retained at the local Transylvania community hospital until Tuesday where she was treated for hip and back injuries. Her condition was never considered as critical, hos pital attaches reported. Although cause of the accident was not wholly determined, according to re ports something went wrong with the steering gear of the automobile just as it was rounding a sharp curve. The car left the highway and overturned. A Jones youth, brother of Mrs. Littleton, was said to have been driving at the time the accident occurred. Occupants of the overturned car were brought to the local hospital immediate ly after the accident, but the Littleton child was dead upon arrival. Others were discharged after treatment except ing Mrs. Littleton, who was retained until Tuesday. Summer School Is Now Under Way At College A nine weeks ’ session of summer school got under way at Brevard Col lege Tuesday morning, with C. E. Buckner, dean of the college, as di rector. Dean Buckner reported yesterday that the enrollment was below normal for the summer term, which may be accounted for in part by the fact that the college is not conducting this year a full semester of summer school. In previous years some fifty students have been enrolled in the summer school at the college. BRIDGE PARTY SET "Bundles for Britain” bridge party will be held at the Country Club Wed nesday night, July 16, at 8 o’clock. Prizes will be awarded, and the local "Bundles for Britain” committee urges that a large number attend. 4 AT INSTITUTIONAL MEET OF MOOSE LODGE Shown here are the group of charter members who were present for the institutional meeting of the local Moose Lodge No. 632 which was instituted here last Sunday after noon, with Charles A. Kirby, regional director of the Loyal Order of Moose, in charge. On the front row are some of the newly elected officers. Reading left to right, they are: Zebulon Jackson, outer guard; John A. Ford, secretary; R. J. Duckworth, Austin E. Hogsed, S. F. Allison, trustees; A. M. Paxton, sergeant-at-arms; L. M. Simpson, pre late; P. E. Stroup, junior governor; W. A. Balcomb, governor, and B. H. Freeman, past governor. (Times Photo by Austin) Moose Lodge No. 632 Was Instituted Here Sunday; 120 Are Charter Members Officers of Newly Formed Or ganization Are Listed; Meeting Date Brevard Lodge No. 632 of the Loyal Order of Moose was instituted here hist Sunday afternoon at the Masonic Hall on Broad street in ceremonies beginning' at two o’clock. Charles A. Kirby, re gional director, from Moosehart Home, Mooeehart, Illinois, was in charge of the institutional services. The charter membership list of the newly organized lodge contains 120 names. Officers elected at the institutional services included the following: Gover nor, W. A. Balcomb; past governor, B. H. Freeman; junior governor, P. E. Stroup; prelate, L. M. Simpson; sec retary, John A. Ford; treasurer, Ft. W. Lyday; sergeant-at-arms. A. M. Paxton; inner guard, Alvin J. Patter son ; outer guard, Zebulon Jackson; trustees, S. F. Allison for one year period, Austin E. Hogsed, for two-year period, and R. J. Duckworth, for three year period. Secretary of the Lodge, John A. Ford, announced that regular weekly meetings of the organization will be held at the Masonic Hall on Broad street. Next meeting will be held at eight o’clock Monday evening, June 23, he said. Charter members of the local Lodge are: S. F. Allison, G. C. Austin. W. A. Balcomb. Clarke G. Banks, Ralph Barger, Sid Barnett, Pete Bikas, J. E. Bishop, H. H. Bowie, D. R. Boyd, D. F. Bridges, W. W. Bridges, Bill Bry son, Dewey Burton. Willis Cauble, E. H. Davie, D. Guy Dean, B. F. Dixon, R. J. Duckworth, W. W. Duckworth, R. G. Eason, D. L. English, Jr., (Continued on page eight) Fisher Appointed On Board For Fund S. G. Fisher, former commander of the local post of the American Legion, has been appointed by Governor Broughton as a member of the Advisory Board of the OLD NORTH STATE FUND. This is a fund being raised, among other things, to give to England a large airplane ambulance. RE REPORT B OWEN YOUTH SHOOTS SELF Fort Bragg Enrollee Said To Be In Critical Condition A» Result Maurice Owen, 19, native of the Lake Toxaway section of Transylvania coun ty, is in a serious condition as a result of a supposedly self-inflicted rifle shot wound near his heart, according to in formation received here from The Times’ Lake Toxaway correspondent. Young Owen, Fort Bragg army youth, who was home on furlough, is believed to have shot himself early last Sunday morning near the school house where, as a boy, he attended. Later, neighbors found him on the front porch of their home. Owen is well known in sporting cir cles hereabouts, especially in boxing. In the fall of 1939 he reached the ban tam weight finals of the National Gold en Gloves tournament in Chicago. JAYCEES MAKING PLANS TO STAGE CHARTER BANQUET The Brevard Junior Chaml>er of Com merce charter night banquet will be held at the Franklin Hotel on the evening; of Tuesday, July 1. The date was definitely decided at a call meeting of the Jaycees at the Brevard country club last Tuesday evening. Tentatively scheduled as the principal speaker is Dr. Julian Miller, editor of The Char lotte Observer, widely known through out the Carolinas as one of the ablest speakers in this section. Present plans for the banquet, which will be under the direct supervision of Bussell Ramsey and officers of the Junior Chamber, are to arrange for an attendance of approximately 150 per sons. 'Basil Whitener, president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be present and will pre sent the State and National charters to the local organization. The banquet will be a town-wide affair, and repre sentatives from the various civic or ganizations will be invited to attend as well as any and all citizens who may desire to attend. Tickets for the event will go on sale this week-end. Members of the l>oard of directors urge that reservations be made immediately because only around 150 persons can be accommodated at the banquet. Tickets may be obtained from members of the board of directors who are Mack Allison, Jr., John Ander son, Jr., Ruel Hunt, Edgar Loftis, Jr., Bob Matthews, Russell Ramsey, Harry Sellers, R. F. Thomas, and Eld Varner, Jr. TEN BE INDUCTED FROM COUNTY IN 14TH DRAFT CALL Group Will Be Admitted At Fort Bragg On June 23; Two Volunteers The local draft board has issued for publication the list of selective service draftees to be inducted at Fort Bragg on June 23 to fill the quota for the 14th call. There are ten in the call, two of whom are volunteers. They are John William Reese, RFD 2, Brevard, and Harley Edgar Fisher, RFD 1, Bake Toxaway. The other eight are composed of Horace W. Raper. of Winston-Salem, former dean of men at Brevard Col lege, Clyde E. Justus of Shelby, former college student here, John Reese Sledge of Brevard, Alex Arnold, of Franklin, Joe Bill Lance, of Rosman, Hubert E. Batson, Gus F. McCrary, and Frank M. Murr, all of RFD 1, Brevard. Exchange Pastorates Plans Are Changed Plans in regard to the exchange of pastorates for a month during the sum mer between Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor of the Brevard Methodist church, and Dr. Bertram Jackson, pastor of the Norwood Park Presbyterian church, Chicago, Illinois, have been changed, Rev. Mr. Billups has announced. The month of exchange will be from August 1 until September 1 instead of from July 1 until August, 1, as was originally planned. WHISKEY IS FOUND Seventy-five pints of bottled in bond whiskey were found in the home of Dewey Allison in North Brevard last week, according to information released here by local officers. Allison was charged with the illegal possession of whiskey and was bound over to superior court here. Local Lumber Company Buys Timber Tract In Haywood Operations Will Begin At Once On Vast Timber Project Papers were passed Tuesday in clos ing- one of the biggest land deals trans acted in Haywood county in a genera tion, transferring ownership in fee simple of the “Twelve Mile Strip” on the left bank of Pigeon river in Catta loochee township, containing six thous and acres of virgin timber lands from the Thomas Hume Estate, headquarters in Muskegon, Michigan, to the Carr Lumber company of Piegah Forest. The vast boundary of land is twelve miles long and averages one mile wide, and surrounds the Cattaloochee dam and tunnel belonging to the Carolina Power and Light company and borders the land of the latter company at Wat erville where the power*plant is located. It lies on the west bank of Pigeon river, between White Oak Creek, which flows into the Pigeon, and the Tennessee line. In the transfer of the papers on Tuesday, the Carr Lumber company was represented by W. W. Croushorn, General Manager. This company form erly operated the famous George W. Vanderbilt holdings in Transylvania, Henderson and Buncombe counties, now a part of the Pisgah National Forest, and is now operating the O’Connor lands (Continued on page eight) NEW RESTAURANT THE DOWN TOWNER OPEN IN BREVARD The Down Towner, Brevard’s new restaurant, now open for business on West Main street across from court house, was delayed in opening at the scheduled time because of delay in ob taining necessary equipment. The new restaurant is operated by Welch Gallo way. Features The Down Towner is ad vertising include home style cooking, choice steaks, and quick, friendly serv ice. Campbell Is Off To School Once More G. W. Campbell, head of the indus trial division at Brevard College, is now working for his M. S. degree in industrial education with a minor in industrial engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Campbell, who is ground in structor in the Civilian-"Pilot Training program here, will continue his work in that connection, as well as his regular work at the college. Plans Going Forward For Opening Of Eighth Year Of Service At College MATTRESS MAKING PROJECT STARTED AT NYA HUT HERE People In Brevard Community! Now Working Make Five A Day The Transylvania county mattress making project, with the Triple A, the NYA, and Farm extension service co operating:, grot under way Tuesday of this week at the NYA hut in Brevard. Mrs. R. F. Glazener of Roeman, has been appointed supervisor in charge of the project by the Triple A committee for this county. Mrs. Glazener was se lected for the work due to her experi ence in mattress making. Triple A com mittee members stated. Assisting Mrs. Glazener in supervis ion of the work is Clarence Bowen, who has had much experience in that work also and has a fluffing machine, a ma chine necessary to the construction of mattresses. An average of five mattresses a day will be made for the duration of the project, those in charge pointed out. Four were made Tuesday and six on Wednesday. While the project is get ting under way. people from nearby are being employed. At present people in the Brevard community are making mattresses. People in the various com munities in the county will be notified by the county aegnt’s office when they are to work, it w’as emphasized. The cotton and ticking for the mat tresses are being furnished by the Sur plus Marketing Administration through the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration . Fish* Ex pel t Here For 2 Weeks Period _ Dr. C. M. Mottley, fishery consul tant with the United States Department of the Interior, Washington, and pro fessor of fisheries at Cornell University, is spending two weeks here aiding Mr. T. K. Chamberlain, in charge of the fishery experiment being carried on in the Pisgah Game Preserve, in studying data accumulated here within the past five yeans. Dr. Mottley pointed out that the ex periment being carried out in the Pis gah area of the U. S. Forets service is an outstanding and unique set up for the study of fishery problems. FUNERAL 1$ HELD ON THURSDAY FOR sam McCullough Aged Resident of Brevard Died Here Wednesday Night, June 11 Sam McCullough, 75, died at his home here Wednesday night of last week, following an illness of 10 days. Funeral service was held at the Moore Funeral home Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Interment was in the Brevard ceme tery. The service was conducted by Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor of the Brevard Methodist church. (Survivors are the widow and one son, Sam McCullough, Jr., of Brevard, and one brother living in Atlanta. Mr. McCullough was a native of Georgia, but had lived in Transylvania county the past 15 years. He was a member of the Presbyterian church here. He was a prominnet farmer in the county until failing health several years ago caused him to retire from ac tive work. Pallbearers were Anthony Trantham, Willie Brittain, R. L. Gash, Will Deaver, John Smith and Ralph Wedge. Arrangements were in charge of Moore and Trantham. BATTERY F TO HOLD REUNION EARLY AUGUST Battery F of 113th Field Artillery, 30th Division, will hold its annual re union at Connestee Falls on the first Thursday in August, Eck L. Sims, president of the group, has announced. Battery F has about 50 World War vet erans from Transylvania county, Mr. Sims said. The reunion will be an all-day affair. A barbecue picnic is planned. Among outstanding speakers expected to be present are Congressman Zebulon Weaver and Governor J. M. Brough ton. A complete announcement of pro gram will be made later. Last year Battery F held its reunion on the banks of the Catawba River near Charlotte. College President Says Much Interest Shown In South Carolina, Georgia Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of Bre vard College, said yesterday that plans are going forward for the opening of the regular school year at the college next fall. A statment he issued follows: ‘‘Plans are proceeding for opening the eighth year of the operation of Bre vard College early in September. Sev eral members of the administrative staff and some students are busy mail ing out bulletins and writing letters to prospective students. The room reserva tions at this time indicate a full enroll ment in September. Arrangements are being made to operate Virginia Lodge again next year. Some needed repairs and the renovation of dormitories are being made. Mr. C. A. Schoenknecht and Mr. John Hawkins have resigned as members of the staff. Mr. Horace Raper has been granted leave of absence with the expectation that he will enter mili tary service in a short time. Other ad justments in the faculty will be made. “Inquiries coming into the college of fice indicate a wider interest in the college than any previous year. This is especially true of South Carolina tn