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THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
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VoL 51; No. 28
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 10,1941
$1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
Property Valuation Gain In County Almost One Million
Army Officials Have Made
Plans To Obtain Supplies
At Encampment In Pisgah
Definite Information Not Yet
Received About Proposed
Encampment
The question of whether or not the
United States Army center at Port
Bragg would send battalions Four and
Ninety-Seven to nearby Pisgah Forest
for a twTo months’ encampment for train
ing in mountain climbing and man
euvers was not yet settled late Wed
nesday. No further word could be ob
tained from officials at Fort Bragg in
regard to the encampment, nor from
officials at Pisgah Forest who merely
commented that as far as they knew
“the encampment will come sometime
between now and July 15.”
It is known, however, that full ar
rangements for obtaining produce,
groceries and other supplies for the use
of the some 1500 soldiers and mounts
have been made. These arrangements
wore made with various concerns since
initial announcement of the proposed
encampment two weeks ago. In an in
terview at that time with Colonel Wil
liam B. Walters, commanding officer
of the 97th Battalion at Fort Bragg, he
said that all particulars had been taken
care of for the pack artillery camp
here and that the move was awaiting
final approval by the war department
in Washington.
Colonel Walters said that if the en
campment were stationed here this
summer it would be for a period of ap
proximately two months. The soldiers
would be encamped in the Horse Cove
section of Pisgah Forest and near the
head of Avery Creek. The boys would
be given training in mountain climbing,
camouflage, and advanced maneuvers.
REDS REPORTING
COUNTER ACTION
IS SUCCESSFUL
Nazis Claim They Stormed De
fenses Planned For Years
By Soviets
The Red army on Wednesday an
nounced it had launched a series of
counter-attacks against German forces
at many points along a 1,000-mile front
stretching almost from the Black sea to
the Baltic, successfully driving the in
vaders back in disorder in big tank, ar
tillery and airplane battles.
At the same time, the bitterest fight
ing yet encountered in the Nazi-Soviet
war wae reported unfolding on the Rus
sian plains as the German infantry
stormed tricky and deceptive defenses
which, Nazis said, had been prepared
for years by the Soviet army leaders.
Russia in a radio appeal, urged Great
Britain to hurl her full weight against
Germany in the west while the Red
army withstands the shock of the Nazi
war machine in the east and force Adolf
Hitler to wage war on two fronts. The
former Soviet foreign commissar and
longtime foe of the dictators, implying
that the moment is ripe for a British
invasion of the continent, said that the
Battle of Russia is forcing Hitler to
"withdraw more and more forces from
the west to the east.”
Germany denounced the United
United States’ occupation of Iceland as
aggression, putting Americans in the
European war zone and a stab in the
back "at a time when Germany, in the
name of the whole civilized world, is
engaged in a war against bolshevism.”
Schedule Meets
To Discuss 4-H
Club Encampment
Three special meetings to discuss
plans for the 4-H club encampment at
Swannanoa, July 14-18, are being: held
in Transylvania county this week.
County Agent Julian A. Glazener, as
sistant county agent, Edwin 1». Shore,
and the new home demonstration agent,
Annabel Teague, are attending the
meetings and leading the discussions.
One meeting was held yesterday af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Iiittle
River schoolhouse where Miss Sallie
Merlrill is the teacher and local leader
in the 4-H work. A second meeting is
scheduled for tonight at 8 o’clock at the
home of Mrs. Arthur Whitmire in the
Calvert-Cherryfleld section. Mrs. Whit
mire is the local leader there. The third
meeting, for reorganization and election
of officers as well as for discussion of
the 4-H encampment, will be held at 10
o’clock next Saturday morning at the
Enoii schoolhouse. A Mrs. Cassidy is the
leader there.
THE STORK COMES TO SEE
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Po&ser, a
daughter, on Sunday, July 6, at Patton
Memorial hospital.
LIONS CLUB HEAD
CHARLES F. MOORE, above,
was installed last Thursday even
ing as new president of the Bre
vard Lions Club. Other newly
elected officere were installed at
the same time.
COMMITTEES ARE
NAMED FOR FAIR
IN GLOUCESTER
Decide To Stage Event On Sep
tember 19 At The Silver
steen School
Further details for starring; a Glou
cester-Hogback community fair this
fall were wrorked out last Tuesday night
when 15 representatives of the com
munities and the directors of the Tran
sylvania RR farmers cooperative met
to name the committees for the fair and
to decide upon a time and location.
The fair will be held this year at the
Silversteen school house and grounds
on September 19. The representatives
voted to rotate among Silversteen, Tox
away and Shoal Creek schools as the
site for the fair each year.
Committees named and the members
of each included: Finance committee,
V. C. Owen, Mack McCall, G. V. Mc
Call: advertising and entertainment, R.
V. Jones, Obie S. Fisher, V. W. McCall,
Kin McNeil: exhibits, Floyd Jones, R.
V. Owen, Ransom McCall; transporta
tion, Warren Fisher, Julius N. Owen.
George A. Hamilton, J. Dillard Owen;
booths, Bill Anders, Jason P. McCall,
Spurgeon J. McCall; refreshments, Mrs.
Berlin Owen, A. C. Price, Conway Ow’en;
advisory, J. B. Jones, L. C. Case, Jr., and
Julian A. Glazener.
Richard McCall, as president of the
directors of the Transylvania RR farm
ers cooperative, will act as coordinator
for all of the committees.
All committees will begin functioning
immediately in making preparation for
the fair.
PLAN PICNIC FOR
BREVARD ALUMNI
According: to an announcement by
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of Bre
vard College, an all-day picnic on the
college campus is being planned for
Brevard Alumni and friends on Satur
day, July 26. It will be the first gather
ing of its kind planned for Brevard
Alumni, and it is expected that hun
dreds of Alumni will be on hand far the
event.
William A. Rock, of Lewisville, presi
dent of the Alumni Association, will pre
side over activities at the picnic, and
he has expressed the hope that at least
five hundred alumni and former stu
dents would spend the day on the camp
us.
A special committee has been named
to work out a program of events for
the all-day celebration, which will be
climaxed by a steak supper that even
ing. Games and other entertainment
will be staged during the day.
TO ORGANIZE SCOUTS
All boys 12 years old and over who
desire to join the Baptist Scout troop
are asked by Scoutmaster Harold Nor
wood to be in the Baraca class room of
the Baptist church Friday night, July
11, at 7:30 for organization of a Scout
troop.
Mr. J. W. Pruitt, who ie in General
Hospital in Greenville, is reported to
be improving.
BREVARD LIONS
INSTALLED NEW
OFFICERS THUR.
Lions Comimittees Are Named
By New President, Charles
F. Moore
At a meeting last Thursday night in
the Brevard College West Hall dining
room the Brevard Lions Club installed
new officers for the current year. In
the absence of the retiring president,
Robert F. Thomas, Rev. E. P. Billups,
member of the board of directors, pre- j
sided and read the installation instruc
tions and received the affirmations from
the new officers.
Installed as president was Charles F.
Moore, employe of the local branch of
the Duke Power company. The three
vice presidents, Grady Brittain, J. I.
Ayres and Rev. B. W. Thomason, were
not present for installation. Jack Trant
ham and Eddie Varner were installed
as lion tamer and tail twister respec
tively. Harold Kilpatrick, James E.
Smith and W. A. Balcomb wer install
ed as members of the board of directors.
The incoming president, Mr. Moore,
named the following Lions comne’ttees
to serve during the current year.
Grady Brittain, first vice president, in
general charge of attendance, finance,
membership, program, and constitution
and by-laws. The committee members
named were Joe H. Tinsley for attend
ance, D. L. Moore and Harold Kil
patrick for finance, J. W. Smith, H. M.
Wall, and J. E. Smith for membership,
Rev. E. P. Billups for program, and
Rev. B. W. Thomason for constitution
and by-laws.
J. I. Ayres, second vice-president,
was put in charge of Lions education,
convention, blind work, boys and girls
w'ork, and citizenship and patriotism,
with Rev. B. W. Thomason over Lions
education, J. E. Smith and Dr. E. O.
Roland for blind work, Dr. E. O. Roland
for boys and girls wrork, and Dr. Carl
Hardin for citizenship and patriotism.
Rev. B. W. Thomason, third vice
president, was placed in general charge
of publicity, civic improvement, educa
tion, community betterment, health and
welfare, and safety. Specifically in
charge of each is Eddie Varner, pub
licity, Dr. Carl Hardin, civic improve
ment, John Ford, education. Dr. Carl
Hardin, community betterment, Dr.
Julius Sader, health and welfare, and
W. A. Balcomb, safety.
To Advertise Property
For Taxes In August
Edwin A. Morgan and Alex H. Kizer,
tax collectors for the county of Transyl
vania and town of Brevard respectively,
have announced that the final date for
paying 1940 taxes before advertising for
sale real property and levying on wages
is July 31. Advertisement for sale of
property will begin in August, they
said, and the cost of this advertising
will be added to the taxes.
In the town of Brevard. Mr. Kizer j
said levies would be made on wages
or income for personal property tax
and poll and street tax after July 31.
The same is true for personal property
on which taxes are due the county.
Hens An’ Eggs ,
Committees Named
For Benefit Bridge
Various committee chairmen for the
benefit bridge party for Bundles for
Britain which is scheduled fbr next
Wednesday night, July 15, at eight
o’clock at the Country Club, have been
named.
Chairman of the prize committe is
Mrs. David Ward; refreshments, Mrs.
Julius Sader; tickets, Mrs. John Hud
son; reservations, Mrs. Boyce Walker,
phone 380, Mrs. T. G. Moody, Phone 65,
and Mies Elizabeth McCoy, phone 154;
decorations, Mrs. L. B. Owen and Miss
Agnes Clayton.
Miss Roberta Bryant, general chair
man, has called a meeting of the com
mittees at the Country Club next Tues
day night at eight o’clock.
Revival Being Held
At Pisgah Forest
Announcement has been made here
that a revival meeting is in progress
at Pisgah Forest, with the Rev. Arthur
Wilson from the state of Oklahoma, in
charge of* the services.
They report good meetings and are
expecting larger crowds at the services
through next week. Services are held
at 8 o’clock each evening, to which the
public is cordially invited to attend.
Services are also being held at 12:30
o’clock in the afternoon at the sawmill
there and at 2:30 p.m. at the church, it
was stated.
Rev. Mr. Wilson, who is conducting
the re . ival, is a native of Boone in this
state.
All
AT JAYCEE CHARTER BANQUET
This picture was ‘‘shot” as Basil L. Whitener of Gastonia,
president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Com
merce, was making the principal address at the Brevard
Jaycee charter banquet in the Franklin Hotel on Tuesday
evening, July 1. Mr. Whitener presented the local organiza
tion with the state and national charters.
BREVARD FEDERAL
LOAN HAS ISSUED
$3,000 DIVIDEND
Semi-Annual Dividend Issued
To Investors; Report Good
Business
The Brevard Federal Savings and
Doan Association has just issued $3,000
in dividends to investors, the amount
covering- dividends due for the first six
months of 1941, Jerry Jerome, secre
tary-treasurer of the organization has
announced.
Mr. Jerome said that the Association
had enjoyed a large volume of busi
ness since the first of the year. This
includes a total of 31 loans. Seventeen
of these loans were for the construction
of new homes and totalled $39,150.
Seven others were for the purchase of
existing homes, totalling $8,200. Five
homes were re-financed with loans for
$13,050, and two were reconditioned
with loans totalling $1,550. The total
value of loans for the first six months
was $61,950, Mr. Jerome said.
Dividends are paid semi-annually by
the Savings and Doan association here,
on July 1 and on January 1. Money in
vested in the association is tax free,
pays 3 per cent per annum, and is in
sured tip to $5000.
Officers of the Brevard Federal sav
ings and Doan are: Joseph S. Silver
steen, president; A. F. Mitchell, vice
president; Jerry Jerome, secretary
treasurer; Mrs. Rowena Summey, as
sistant secretary-treasurer; Fred Holt,
T. G. Moody, W. D. Gash, W. D. Mull,
and F. D. Clement, directors.
The new navy oil tankers are the
largest in use in the United States.
They can make 16 knots.
\n’ Colleges,
Important For
You Can’t Tell How Much
Good Barnyard Fowls
Can Do
Did someone say chickens were an
Insignificant part of the barnyard para
phernalia? Well, not exactly—you see
they can play a very important role in
mighty significant matters. To witness:
Mrs. Daisy Mackey of Davidson River,
gave those persons around Brevard who
are interested in raising money for
Brevard College to assure its permanent
retention here a one hundred per cent
boost in morale the other day—all as a
result of what chickens are doing In
her henyard and the spirit of their
keeper, Mrs. Mackey.
She did it in this wise: Says Mrs.
Mackey in downright earnestness—
“Well, I figure that anything as valu
able to the town and county as Brevard
College is ought to be supported, and
I’m willing to do my part. Here’s my
initial contribution to the fund being
raised by local citizens."
But the campaign hasn’t started yet,
Mrs. Mackey. Just keep that until
things get going on the campaign and
then hand it in.
“No, I want to give it now; I have it
now, and I may not have it later. Take
this, and from now on I’m going to save
the income from a week’s production of
eggs by the hens down on the farm and
give to the fund every few weeks.”
Well, if you insist, of course we’ll take
the gift now, Mrs. Mackey. It’ll go Into
the bank as a nest egg for the fund.
So there's the story of how the initial
gift in the financial campaign for the
benefit of Brevard College was received.
And the hens—well, they laid that nest
egg.
LIGHTNING BURNS
BARN AND HORSE
Barn On L. H. Moore Farm
Struck Tuesday; Horse
Burned To Death
Electrical storms brought their first
damage of the season to Transylvania
county last Tuesday afternoon when
lightning struck and set fire to a stock
and feed barn on the farm of L. H.
Moore of the Little River section. The
barn was burned to the ground along
with one horse. Another horse, corn,
feed and tools were saved.
H. E. Erwin and Ed Cantrell, who
were working near the barn, discovered
the fire after it had gained much head
way. It was believed to have caugu*
inside one of the stalls.
No insurance was carried, it is un
derstood, and the loss was estimated at
between $500 and $600.
ANNABEL TEAGUE
TAKES UP POST
ASHOMEAGENT
Miss Teague Is Former Teacher
In Home Economics At
Collettsville
Miss Annabel Teague, of Siler City,
in Chatham county ,has come to Tran
sylvania county to take the position of
home demonstration agent here and has
taken up work in her office in the new
poet office building.
Mies Teague’s work as a home agent
became effective on July 1, after the
county commissioners had approved
the position and had appropriated the
county’s annual share of her salary at
a meeting in June. Her duties here will
include 4-H club work with girls, or
ganization of home demonstration clubs
in the various communities in the coun
ty, and assistance in carrying out the
live-at-home program upon which much
emphasis is being placed right now.
Miss Teague received her college edu
cation at the Woman’s College of the
University of North Carolina at Greens
boro, where she obtained the B. S. de
gree in home economics. For the past
two years she has been teaching vo
cational home economics at the Colletts
ville high school in Caldwell county.
She was elected there for another year
but resigned to accept the position here
as home agent.
In her work at Collettsville high
school Miss Teague had a varied ex
perience in girls work and had better
than 160 home projects for girls in op
eration during the ten months in the
year which she worked. These projects
included home beautification, foods,
clothing, nutrition, child welfare and
many others,
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Number Will Attend
WNC Community Meet
Lewis P. Hamlin, president of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce, Alex
H. Kizer, city clerk and treasurer,
Ralph Fisher, commander of the local
post of the American Legion, and a
number of other interested citizens will
attend a meeting of the Western North
Carolina Communities Associated at
Marion next Saturday afternoon at
three o’clock. A late luncheon for the
group will be held at Lake James near
Marion at five o’clock that afternoon.
In discussing the meeting here yes
terday, Mr. Hamlin said that a dis
cussion would be held relative to means
of promoting the whole of Western
North Carolina. It is expected also that
officers for the gToup will be elected at
the meeting.
RATES TO REMAIN
THE SAME IN THE
TOWN AND COUNTY
Town And County Show Almost
Equal Gain In Property
Valuation
$964,940 IS GAIN
According to estimates just released
by City Clerk Alex H. Kizer, and by
County Accountant Ralph W. Lyday,
total increase of estimated property
valuation in Brevard and Transylvania
county over last year’s valuation is al
most one million dollars. The increase
in estimated valuation is actually $964,
940. The county increase is $500,000,
while the town of Brevard increase in
valuation is $464,940. The rate on per
$100 valuation remains the same for
both the town and county, with the
town rate at $1.50 and the county rate
at $1.62.
The above figures were released thru
the estimated budgets for Brevard and
Transylvania county which were pre
pared for publication this week. The
total expenditures for the town and
county and the total estimated income
are given in both instances. Total bud
get requirements for the county are
given at $139,793, while the total bud
get requirements for the town are list
ed at $83,507.90. These figures are for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 194T
and ending June 30, 1942.
The increased valuation of property
in the town and county can be attri
buted largely to the program of build
ing and industrial expansion which has
been enjoyed here during the past two<
years. The Ecusta Paper corporation
launched a program of expansion last
year, and numerous private homes and
industrial and commercial buildings
have been erected within the past year.
Also, the county revaluation was based
on a scientific appraisal of real prop
erty, the first one made within the past
few years.
COMMISSIONERS
ADD ROAD STRETCH
TO COUNTY SYSTEM
Section of Road Near Brevard
To Be Maintained By
State
At their regular meeting here last
Monday the Transylvania county board
of commissioners gave final approval to
a petition entered last month by a num
ber of citizens asking that a stretch of
road near Brevard be added to the
county road system and thereby be
eligible for maintenance by the state.
This stretch of road leaves Highway 64
about one mile from Brevard on the
way to Rosman, goes to Camp Illahee,
on by the homes of a number of citizens,
and comes out into the highway again
near the Lem Brooks residence. The
clerk was instructed to notify the prop
er authorities that the section of road
had been added to the county road sys
tem.
For a city water project at Rosman,
now under way of construction, the
county commissioners approved a previ
ous request for a definite and detailed
report by the county health department
on the water situation in Rosman. They
also considered the work now being
done on the water project at Rosman.
Approval was given to the budget of
expenditures for the month.
METHODIST CHURCH
PLANS HOMECOMING
Will Celebrate 68th Anniver
sary of Founding of
Church Here
Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor of the Bre
vard Methodist church, has announced
the 68th anniversary service and an
nual Homecoming day at the church
for Sunday, July 20.
The services will begin at 11 o'clock
in the morning, and Rev. M. T. $math
ers, D. D., district superintendent for
the Asheville district of the Methodist
church, will deliver the sermon.
Mr. Billups said that this would be
the first anniversary service celebrat
ing the founding of the Brevard church,
but that from now on the annual anni
versary celebration would be held each
year.
He said that a special invitation is
being extended to non-resident members
and friends, also to newcomers in Bre
vard affiliated with the Methodist
church.
At the homecoming and anniversary
celebration service music will be fur
nished by the Junior Young People’s
and the Sepior choirs. Dinner will be
served picnic style on the grounds.
A fuller and more detailed program
will be issued next week.