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fieoec8C808C8»c8oe3eoec83ec8oeca»GeoeQi Transylvania County Entrance to Pisgah National Forest «K«ecaabxososososcbxosobososos^ THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County CK8GK8C8XCeCSXC«8C8C8C»«neC8C8Ci Trade at Home Boost Your Town and County Vol. 51; No. 26 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY Army Pack Artillery Camp May Be Established In Pisgah I Plans Are Made To Hold Fair In Gloucester Area; Cooperative To Sponsor Will Be Staged Early This Fall By People of Cooperative Plans are already under way for staging one of the most interesting and unusual community fairs ever held in this section of the state, according to information revealed yesterday b y representatives of the Transylvania Association of RR Farmers, a coopera tive group of farm families in Glouces ter townships 1 and 2 and Hogback township, comprising approximately 120 members. The fair would be held early this fall somewhere in the. Glou cester area in Upper Transylvania county. In meetings last week with more than 75 members of the cooperative at the school houses at Rake Toxaway, Rilver steen, and Balsam Grove, the coopera tive voted final approval for staging the community fair and elected fifteen men from its membership to form a board of directors who will determine the time, the location at which the fair is to be held, and other details of the work in planning the fair. Present at the meetings were J. C. McDarris. local FRA supervisor. Miss Fstelle McKlwee, home management supervisor with the FRA. Joe Bee Hefner, associate FRA supervisor, and other officials of the local FRA office, who helped the co operative in Upper Transylvania and who are aiding members of the cooper ative in the planning of their community fair. Cooperative officials say that much interest has already been shown in the projected fair, equally among the men and women of the section. Housewives as well as the men of the communities ^embraced by the cooperative were pres ent for the meetings and participated in the tentative planning for the event. It is expected that the women in the group will take a very active part in staging of the fair. Though actual details are not yet available, cooperative officials predict that a rare and unusual treat will be in store for those who attend the event this fall. Further information and details of plans for the fair will be released in the near future, they said. Members of the board of directors for the fair are Rpurgeon McCall, R. V. Owens, Obie R. Fisher, A. C. Price, Mack McCall. V. C. Owen. Warren Fisher. R. V. Jones, Ransom McCall, Vardery McCall, Conway Owens, J. Dillard Owen. Jason P. McCall, and Floyd Jones. PUNS FOR 2ND REGISTRATION IN COUNTY LISTED Draft Board Clerk Predicts County Will Register Around 150 The second registration for men un der the selective service act will be held throughout the nation on next Tuesday, July 1, when all men who have attained the age of 21 since October 16, 1940, will be registered. Here in Transylvania county the lo cal draft board, located above Simpson’s Barber shop on Broad street, will regis ter men from seven o’clock in the morn ing until nine o’clock in the evening on that day, Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, clerk to the board, has announced. Al so, at the regular office hours of each, the register of deeds in the court house, the clerk of court in the court house, and the city clerk at the city hall will register men on that day, Mrs. Harllee said. J. O. Wells, personnel director at! the Ecusta Taper corporation, will regis ter men on the job at the plant who won’t have time to come before the lo cal board for that purpose. Vance Gal loway of Lake Toxaway will register men in that section who find it impos sible to come to Brevard to register with the local board, she said. Mrs. Harllee emphasized that pros pective registrants must be familiar with their birth date as to day and month. She also warned registrants to be ready to give both permanent and business addresses, since the perma nent address will determine the board with which the registrant will be classi fied. RAINFALL WELCOME Plentiful rainfall in Transylvania county on Monday and Tuesday of this week brought welcome relief to crops in this section. It also relieved the in creasingly serious prospects of a water shortage for the town of Brevard. Town officials said yesterday that the rain on these two days helped consider ably in replenishing the reservoir which supplies the town with water. COUNCIL MEETS IN INTEREST OF LIVE-AT-HOME Emphasize The Importance Of Home Gardening In The Movement At a meeting of the local Agricultural Workers Council in the county agent’s office last Monday afternoon, the prin cipal emphasis of discussion was on the importance of home gardening among jthe citizens of ihe county in the present live-at-home movement in the interest of national defense. Emphasis was also placed upon the importance of every farm family producing plenty of chick ens, eggs, and other home livestock for home consumption. Members of the Council pointed out that the crying need right now was for home production among all of our farm families in order that the live-at-home program might be carried out as fully as possible and in order that a short age of foodstuffs might not l>e suffered as the prices of necessary commodities went higher. The registration cards which were ] placed in the homes of all farm families earlier this year, it was reported, had not all been returned, and it was decided that a renewed effort would be made to register as many as possible within the next few weeks. The registration card, when signed, pledge the farmer or farm family to do all they can in the promotion of the live-at-home program by growing all possible foodstuffs on their farm, but it does not place them under any obligation, it was pointed out. The signing of the card merely signifies the desire to cooperate in the movement. IJAYCEE CHARTER 1GHT BANQUET SET FOR JULY 1 Further and more complete plane for the staging of the Brevard Junior Chamber of Commerce charter night banquet at the Franklin Hotel on Tues day evening, July 1, were made at the meeting of the Jaycees at the Country Clubhouse last Tuesday night. John Anderson, secretary of the organization, presided at the meeting in the absenoe of the president, Ed Varner, Jr. Special music at the charter night banquet will be furnished by a nine piece local swing band, The Cavaliers, directed by Douglas Wyatt. This will be the first public appearance of the group since the band was reorganized. It was formerly known as Russell Law son's Swing Band. Present members of the band are Douglas Wyatt, trump et; Paul Jones, piano; Bradley Wyatt, bass horn; Few Lyda. drums; Bob Tinsley, guitar; Ray Simpson, trom bone; Bill Duckworth, Richard Frank lin and Bob Smith, saxaphonee. The banquet is a town-wide affair, and 150 tickets are being sold for the event. Representatives of the various clubs and civic organizations will be present, as well as citizens from over the town and county. Basil Whitener, of Gastonia, president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce, will present the State and National charters to the local organiza tion at the banquet. President Ed Var ner, Jr., will preside. The Brevard Jaycees have a charter membership of 52. Organization of the chamber was begun in April. Charter members are Mack Allison, Jr., John Anderson, Jr., Jim Atkins, W. A. Bal-\ comb, Sam Barnett/ Allen Brittain, “Spud” Carpenter, S. E. Campbell, A. F. Gordon, Lucian Deavor, Jas. C. Dixon, Johnny Fuller, Vernon Full bright, Ted A. Gentry, Lewis Hamlin, Jr., Earl Hall, Joe L. Hefner, Ruel Hunt, Joe Hunter, Curtis Kelly, Edgar Loftis, Jr., H. N. Lyday, Fred Holt, Frank McIntosh, Kin McNeil, Bob Matthews, Bollin Millner,- Dwight Mof fitt, E. S. Morrow, Rufus Orr, John Picklesimer, .Pat Patterson, Ed Rath bauer, Jas. Charles Russell, Harry Sellers, Karl Straus, Howard Schmidt, Talmadge Stockstill, R. F. Thomas. Ed Varner, Jr., H. M. Wall, A. E. York, Jack Wilbur, J. C. Taylor, M. C. Teague, Lloyd Hughes, R. R. Bolt, Dr. E. O. Roland, Chas. B. Davis. Jr., Vance Jackson, and T. J. R. Clark. Rev. E. P. Billups has announced “Should God Bless America?” as Sun day morning’ sermon subject at the Methodist church. SCOUT LEADERS IN MEETING AT LOCAL COLLEGE Discuss Plans For Promotion; Plan To Hold Honor Court At a meeting Tuesday night at Bre vard College of officials of the Transyl vania District of the Daniel Boone Coun cil of Boy Scouts, reports were heard from the various scout troop commit tees and plans were made for the pro motion of scouting in Transylvania county. C. E. Buckner, chairman of the Transylvania District, presided at the meeting and led the discussion. Present for the meeting were Rev. E. P. Billups, chairman of organizations and extension; Roland Wilber, chairman of leadership training; Ralph Wedge, chairman of camping and activities; Don Jenkins, chairman of advancement ; H. E. Newbury, chairman of health and safety; Dr. C. L. Newland, chairman of the committee for the Kiwanis troop, No. 1; W. C. Bangs, scoutmaster for the Presbyterian troop; Harold Nor wood, scoutmaster for the Presbyterian troop; E. H. McMahan, scoutmaster for the Methodist troop; and Henry Miller, assistant scoutmaster for the Presbyterian troop. Scouting in Transylvania county has just recently received major impetus when plans were made early this year tor more extended activities in that field. Troop No. 1, sponsored by the Bre vard Kiwanis club, has been in opera tion for some time and is doing good work. Dr. E. O. Roland is scout master. The other three troops, Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian, have just been organized and are now ready for operation. At the meeting Tuesday night plans were made for holding a Boy Scout honor court at the Brevard Methodist church on Friday evening, July 4, at eight o'clock. At that time there will be a number of local scouts coming up for the following badges: tenderfoot, second class, first class, merit badges, and star scout. They also told of plans to send a number of local scouts to the sum mer camp for scouts in the Daniel Boone area which is to open on June 30 for a seven weeks’ period. It is located on the East Fork of Pigeon River in Haywood county. Troop committeemen for the troops now organized in Transylvania are as follows: Kiwanis troop, No. 1, Dr. C. E. Newland, Ralph Ramsey, Jr., C. M. Douglas, C. F. Moore; Presbyterian troop, John W. Smith, Robert Kimzey, Keith Pooser,; Baptist troop, L. P. Hamlin, Karl Bosse, Melvin Criltespie; Methodist troop, Edwin Wike, Eddie Varner, Lloyd Hughes, J. E. Rufty. She’s Richer By... „ Doris Ahrens, 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ahrens ,is richer i)y $235 this week, because she was the lucky winner of the Bonus-Da award at Plummer’s Department store in the drawing- last Saturday night at 10 o’clock. The weekly award bad ac cumulated over a period of months. Two other names were drawn, but they were not eligible for shares of the award. Young Miss Ahrens was presented ■with a check for the full amount of the award here Wednesday morning by Robert H. Plummer, manager of the store. Said the excited young lady: “Dee, I was too stunned to speak when somebody told me I’d won that much money. It’s grand. What’ll I do with it? Well, we’ve been interested in buying a home here in Brevard, and I guess I’ll put the most of it into that.” STATE PRESS HEAD ED M. ANDERSON, publisher of The Transylvania Times, takes over as president of the North Carolina Press Association on July 1. He was elected to this important post at the 6ttth annual convention of the as sociation in Charlotte, June 5-6. MOORE NAMED PRESIDENT OF BREVARDUONS Brittain, Ayres, and Thompson Are Vice Presidents Of Organization Charles Moore, connected with the Duke Power company local branch, was elected president of the Brevard Lions club last Thursday evening at a regular meeting of the club in the Franklin Hotel. He succeeds Robert F. Thomas, local attorney, as head of the organiza tion. Elected to fill other posts in the local organization were Grady Brittain, first vice president; J. I. Ayres, second vice president; Rev. B. W. Thomason, third vice president; Donald Lee Moore, sec retary-treasurer; Jack Trantham, lion tamer; Ed Varner, Jr., tail twister; Rev. E. P. Billups, James E. Smith, Harold Kilpatrick, and W. A. Balcomb, members of the board of directors. New officers of the club will be in stalled at the next meeting of the Lions, which is scheduled for Thurs day evening, July 3, at 7:30 o’clock. Meeting place was not named by officers of the club, but members will be noti fied well in advance of the meeting date, they said. Would Establish State Park Nearby To Protect Shortia Former Mayor Wike Favors Protecting Area In County And In South Carolina That a six thousand acre tract of mountain land embracing sections of Transylvania, county in North Carolina a-rt Oconee and Pickens counties in South Carolina be made a state park to preserve the natural growth of Shortia, a rare flower, is the desire of a number of nature lovers here, including J. C. Wike, former mayor of Brevard and present county coroner, who strongly advocates the establishment of such a park. The famous Shortia was discovered in Cpper Transylvania county around 1000 by the well known American botanist, Asa Gray. Trim- to or since that time the flower has not been discovered growing naturally elsew'here in the en tire Western Hemisphere and in the Eastern Hemisphere only on the conti nent of Asia. But it is found growing abundantly on a five or six thousand acre plot in Southwestern Transylvania county, Northwestern Oconee county and Northwestern Pickens county. The rare flower blooms annually around the last of April and the first of May, has the shape of a small teacup and is colored whhe with a tinge of red. In a mimber of instances it has been trans planted and cultivated and may now tie found growing in cultivated plots in practically every state in the Union. Asa Gray made his original discovery of the flower on Bear Creek, a tribu tray of the Toxaway River, near the North Carolina-South Carolina state line. The tract of land which would be con verted into the projected state park is owned principally by three concerns, according to persons here familiar with that area. These concerns are the Duke Power company, the Carolina Timber company, and the O’Conner interests. A number of individuals also own small tracts of land in the section. Local Citizens Make Plans To Raise Money For College Steering Committee To Plan Is Appointed1 By Chamber of Commerce The Brevard Chamber of Commerce, headed by Lewis P. Hamlin, has an nounced the appointment of a steering committee composed of thirteen Tran sylvania county citizens to make defi nite plans for raising substantial funds to assure the continued operation of Brevard College at its present location. Chamber of Commerce officials indi cated here yesterday that within a few short weeks a campaign would be con ducted in Transylvania and adjoining counties in Western North Carolina, with the exception of Buncombe, to raise money for the erection of a new science building on the college campus and to provide other improvements and equipment needed in order that the lo cal college meet the requirements for accreditation by the Southern Associa tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the approval of the Board of Edu cation of the Methodist church. The steering committee, members of the Chamber of Commerce said, will im mediately formulate plans for the money-raising campaign. A meeting of the committee will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Transylvania Trust building, when concrete plans will be formulated. Cur rent opinion is that the committee will set up complete specifications for the campaign and will approve the employ ment of a professional campaign man ager to conduct it. Impetus for the campaign to be con ducted by Transylvania citizens came with the realization some few weeks ago that Brevard college might be mov ed to another location or closed unless necessary funds were raised to meet the immediate needs of the institution. Now, according to chamber of com merce officials, the people of Brevard and the whole of Transylvania county are determined to raise enough money for the college to assure its continued operation in Brevard. Both chamber of commerce officials and members of the newly-appointed steering committee are optimistic over the outcome of the campaign and they feel confident that adequate funds will be raised in the near future. No cam paign quota has been set, but it is under (Continued on back page) NYA WILL HOLD OPEN HOUSE IN COUNTY TODAY Celebration In Observance Of Sixth Anniversary of NYA Founding The sixth anniversary of the estab lishment of the National Youth Ad ministration in the United States will be marked by the holding- of open house on all six of the NYA projects in Tran sylvania county as a part of the state and national observance, all day today, F. H. Holden, county NYA supervisor, has announced. The National Youth Administration is now operating six projects in this county. They include the woodworking shop on Broad street, the lunchroom in the Brevard elementary school, the saw mill project on Depot street, the cleri cal work project in the county court house, and the repair work project car ried on over the entire county. All projects now in operation will be open for the inspection of visitors thru out today and everyone is invited to visit local NYA projects and view the work being accomplished in Transyl I vania county. The state celebration of the anni versary is marked by the dedication to day of the Raleigh resident center, at which Governor J. M. Broughton will bring greetings and June Rose, chair man of the state advisory committee of the NYA, and State NYA Administrator John A. Lang will speak. A radio broadcast will be presented over Station WPTF in Raleigh today at which Mr. Lang will speak on the his tory and program of the National Youth Administration. The National Youth Administration provides a two-fold opportunity for needy young men. First is the oppor tunity for young people who are out of school and in need of jobs to work for wages on useful public projects and to acquire the background of experience needed for private employment. Second is the opportunity for young people who are students to work in schools and col leges and earn some of the money they need to enable them to continue their education. Kiwanians To Hear Newbury On Safety R. T. Kimzey, president of the Bre vard Kiwanis club, has announced that the club will meet at Brevard College in the West Hall dining room this after noon at one o’clock for a luncheon meet ing. Speaker for the occasion will be Henry Newbury, safety director at the Ecusta Paper corporation, who will speak on “Safety”. Mr. Kimzey pointed out that this was a special meeting to make up for a meeting previously missed. AT THE HOSPITAL Patients reported to be in Transyl vania Community hospital Wednesday afternoon were: Mrs. Clarence Robin son and infant son, born Saturday, June 21; Mrs. C. P. Allison and infant son, born Thursday, June 19; Mrs. Bill Nor terman, Mrs. C. D. Stiles, Betty Stanl ey, Charlotte Cox, Mrs. Ruth Mazza, Plato Tate, Winfred Hamilton. WOULD TRAIN IN MTN. CLIMBING, FOREST WARFARE Approximately 1500 Men And Mounts Would Be Station ed In Encampments DETAILS WORKED OUT Establishment of a pack artillery camp of the United States Army for a 60-day period in nearby Pisgah Na tional Forest was foreseen here late Wednesday after an interview with Colonel William B. Walters of Fort Bragg, who with other officers, are here making reconnaissance detail of the area and making maps of the proposed tamp. Colonel Walters said that if present plans went through the Fourth and Ninety-Seventh Field Artillery Bat talions from the Fort Bragg Army cen ter, consisting of some 1500 men and approximately the same number of mules and horses, would be stationed on Avery Creek and Horse Cove sections of the Pisgah National Forest. Actual details have already been worked^ out with Forest Ranger J. B. Fortin for use of the forest area by the soldiers | during an approximately two month* period, beginning soon after July 1 and closing around September 1. Here are the facts to date on the en-^ campment, which is more than a possi bility: Colonel Walters and Colonel William Clark, in command of the 97th and 4th Field Artilleries respectively, more than a week ago began looking for a suitable site in this mountain area, for the establishment of such a camp They investigated sections of the Great Smokies and in the Nantahala Gorge, but finally decided upon the two sec tions named above in Pisgah Forest as being the most desirable site. They re turned to Fort Bragg and made their preliminary report. They returned this week to make detailed maps of the sec tion and will return today to Fort Bragg to make final reports. Final approval of the uie&iupment will come from the War Department in Washington, Col. Walters said. Under present plans one battalion of the Fort Bragg artillery will be located at Horse Cove, just east of John’s Rock CCC camp, and the other at the foot of the mountain on Avery Creek near the present White Pines camp ground. The men will be given training in mountain climbing, forest warfare, cov ered maneuvers and camouflage, it was understood. Light pieces of field ar tillery of the howitzer machine gun class will be in use. There will be no actual firing of guns, under the plans as discussed by the army officers, due to the fact that the area to be used is a part of the game and fish refuge for the Pisgah District. The mules and horses will be kept on picket line when not in use, and the men will be station ed at the two locations designated. Officials in charge of the 97th bat talion would be, besides Col. Walters, Captain Vaughn, executive officer, Captain Osmanski, supply officer; and Lieutenant Taylor, in charge of plans and training. The 4th battalion's of ficers are Col. William Clark, Major Edmundson, executive officer; Capt. Frink, supply officer, and Lieutenant Moon, assistant in plans and training. LOCAL CONCERN - GETS CONTRACTS McIntosh Floor Service Awards ed Contracts In South Carolina 4 The McIntosh Floor Service of Bre vard, has been awarded two major con tracts in the state of South Carolina, according: to Frank McIntosh, manager of the firm here. One of these floor finishing contracts is at Parris Island, South Carolina, Ma rine Base, where the local concern has a contract to finish approximately 100, 000 square feet of surface. The other contract is at Columbia, South Carolina, where the McIntosh service will do 72, 000 square feet for a private housing project contractor. Operation will be started, Mr. McIn tosh said, about July 15 on the Colum bia job and about August 1 on the Par ris Island project. Mr. McIntosh said that additional equipment is being purchased to carry on the work on these two large proj ects and that extra men are being em ployed to do the labor. He said that operations of the concern will continue here in Brevard just as usual. New Feature.... This week The Times takes pleasure in presenting a new feature, “Religion and Life”, a column written by Rev. J. R. Bowman, of Rosman. Rev. Mr. Bowman will write on timely topics relative to the theme of the column. This week, in his initial column, he writes on “Success”. This week’s column will be found on page 3 of this section.
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