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Transylvania County Entrance to Pisgah National Forest B9oec8MceMcew»ce»Mi«ttK«gec9a THE TR A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County Vol. 51; No. 32 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7,1941 $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY TOWN’S ANNUAL ROWER SHOW BE TOMORROW Money Usually Awarded In Prizes To Go To National Defense Brevard’*: annual flower show will be held in the Brevard college gymnasium Friday afternoon and evening from 2 to 10 o’clock, sponsored by the Women’s Civic club. A silver offering will be taken at the door. Instead of awarding cash prizes, the money formerly set aside by the club for this feature of the show will be used this year for national defense purposes. Blue, red and white ribbon awards will he the only prizes given. The doors will be open from 8 to 10:30 o’clock Friday morning for entries to be brought. The civic club will provide free transportation for hotel visitors who desire to see the flower show. Ex hibitors are asked to be responsible for their own containers. Mrs. E. R. Pendleton is general chairman and ex- officio member of the different committees, which are as fol lows: Floor plan committee—Mrs. Mar cus Williams, chairman; Mrs. Ashe Macfle, Mrs. O. II. Orr; dress tables and stands: Mrs. Oliver Orr. chairman; Mrs. S. A. Bullock, Mrs. Ed Cantrell, Mrs. Earl Bryant, Mrs. E. E. Happ, Mrs. R. M. Levy, Mrs. A. R. Gilles pie: special features: Mrs. Ashe Macfle, chairman; Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, Miss Nancy Macfle; children’s display: Miss Bill Aiken; entries: Mrs. Jack Trant ham, Mrs. Roy Long; clerks: Mrs. C. L. Newland, Mrs. Coleman Galloway, Mrs. Frank Kerber; registrars: Mrs. Ralph Zachary. Mrs. David Ward. Brevard Man Is Promoted In Army In orders just issued by the Recruit Reception center at Fort Jackson. South Carolina, Corporal Elmer Holtz claw of Brevard, was appointed Motor Sergeant, on the recommendation of ■Lieutenant Colonel W. B. Buss. Lieutenant Buss stated that Corporal Holtzc-law’s promotion was based on his special trust and confidence in the fi delity and ability of Holtzclaw. Sergeant Holtzclaw is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Holtzclaw. He has been in the army since July 8, 1940. FIREMEN AT MEET Among local firemen attending the State convention of firemen in Asheville, which closes today, were Fire Chief J. W. Smith, P. B. Price, D. R. Boyd, and Dean Whitlock. SING AT 8:30 DST The weekly community sing sponsored by the Brevard Jaycees will be held as usual tonight at 8:30 daylight saving time on the lawn of the Brevard high school. The Jaycees report that the programs have been a tremendous success so far, and they urge one and all to attend to night. Review Board To Sit On August 18 Announcement has been made by County Accountant Ralph W. Lyday that the board of equalization and re view will meet on Monday, August 18, at the county courthouse to hear com plaints from taxpayers in Brevard township outside the town of Brevard I trope r. THEATRE GROUP OF HIGHLANDS TO GIVE PLAY Local Lions Club Sponsoring Production of “Candida” Next Tuesday Evening Bringing the greatest array of pro fessional dramatic talent to Brevard in many a year, the Highlands Community theatre group will present George Bernard Shaw’s famous play, "Candida”, on next Tuesday evening in the high school auditorium here at 8:30 o’clock. The production is to be sponsored by the Lions club. The Highlands theatre group is com posed of such leading dramatic artists as Arthur Little, who directs the play, Sarah Jones Little, Edith Sommer, Larry Gates, and Jimmie Reese, all of whom are included in the cast of “Candida”. The Highlands theatre was organized in 1939 as a Little theatre group. Among their first productions were "Dulcy”, and "The Late Christo pher Bean”. The director, Mr. Little, is director of Macon, Georgia, Little Theatre in the winter and is also a mem ber of the faculty of Mercer College. The play, “Candida”, has had a long and successful run in countries through out the world. Tt was first introduced in 1898, and since it has never lost its pow er to shock and amuse. The first pro duction of the play in the United States was made in 1903, and it was responsible for establishing George Bernard Shaw’s popularity in this county. It is Katherine Cornell’s favorite play, and crowds flock to see It whenever she revives it. members of the Highlands group report. Last year, Cornelia Otis Skinner, the great monologlst, toured the country in "Candida" with tremendous success. Tickets are now on sale for the pro duction, cluib members announce. Principals At Gateway Memorial Dedication Shown here are the prominent figures who took part in the dedication last Sunday of the Pisgah Forest Gateway Memorial near here. In the picture are, left to right: First row: Mayor Carl Hardin, of Brevard; R. R. Fisher, American Legion post commander, who accepted the me morial from the forest service; Joseph C. Kircher, southern regional forester of the U.^S. Forest service in Atlanta; H. B. Bosworth, supervisor of Pisgah National forest; Lieut. J. R. Sheffield, of the John’s Rock CCC camp ; John B. Verner, assistant project superintendent of the CCC camp ; the Rev. B. W. Thomason, who pronounced the invocation; J. B. Jones, Transylvania superintendent of public instruction; E. Carl Allison, chairman ol the board of county com missioners; back row: Lewis P. Hamlin, Brevard attorney and president of the chamber of com merce: Ralph H. Ramsey, member of the state school commission; John Squires, assistant super visor of Pisgah forest; Jack Fortin, Pisgah district ranger; and C. M. Douglas, of Brevard. Mr. Douglas spoke in behalf of Congressman Joseph R. Bryson, of Greenville, S. C., who was unable to attend. Battery, F Reunion Set For Today At Connestee COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. TO HOLD TB CLINIC HERE August 14 and 15 Days Set For Clinic At Local Health Department A clinic will be held by the Extension Service of the North Carolina State Sanatorium and sponsored by the Tran sylvania County Health Department, on August 14 and 15, in the offices of the Transylvania County Health Depart ment in Brevard, for the purpose of diagnosing tuberculosis, and will be under the supervision of Dr. W. M. Peck, who will make a fluoroscopic examination of the chest and refer sue- | picious cases to the State Sanatorium for further x-ray studies and advice. The clinic will be free to any in dividual unable to pay the usual fees of a chest specialist and all physicians in the county are invited to refer any cases that they may have in their charge for further check up. It is re quested by the local Health Department that those desiring to attend the clinic report to the health office immediately for the purpose of having a Tuberculin test made before the clinic starts. Crystal Cafe Now Open On East Main The Crystal Cafe, formerly the Down Towner, on East Main street is open for business under new management, according to M. A. Mull, who purchased the cafe from the former operator, Welch Galloway. Mr. Mull announces that the cafe is under completely new management, and he invites patrons to come in at their leisure for good meals. TIMES TO ISSUE CAMPS EDITION With the regular issue of August 14 The Times will is sue a special Boys* and Girls* Summer Camp edition. The special edition, a 16 page tabloid, will feature pic tures and stories about the summer camps which operate in Transylvania, and is being published in the interest of ac quainting the people of this county with the activities at the camps, as well as to publicize the fact over the South that Transylvania county is the mecca for boys’ and girls’ sum mer camps. Over 100 Ex-Service Men Ex pected to Attend Annual Event This Year Over 100 men who served with Bat tery F, 113th Field Artillery in the American Expeditionary Force in France during- the World war will come to near by Connestee Falls Thursday for the annual reunion of the group, according to Eck Li. Sims, president, of the Bat tery F association, and Clarence C. Ho-pe of Charlotte, secretary. Full de tails for the program at the all-day event have been worked out, they an nounce, and activities will begin at 10 a.m. Speakers scheduled for the reunion of the veterans include Monroe Redden and M. F. Thoms, attorneys of Hender sonville, and Clarence Ridings, solicitor for the 18th judicial district, of Forest City, all of whom are ex-service men. Solicitor Ridings will make the principal address. Mr. Sims said that the Battery would assemble at Brevard and go from here to the Connestee Falls picnic grounds, lo cated about six miles from Brevard on the Greenville, S. C., highway. Mem bers of Brevard boy scout troops will assist in directing the traffic, it was announced. A barbecue meal will be served on the grounds at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, daylight saving time. Also in the after noon, election of officers for the com ing year will be held. The majority of the ex-soldiers ex pected here for the reunion will come from Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Ire dell counties, with others coming from upper South Carolina and the western section of this state. Headquarters for Battery F in Bre vard wall be at the Waltermire Hotel on Broad street. Manley To Speak Before Kiwanians Leo H. Manley, area director of the National Youth Administration, Ashe ville, will be the principal speaker at the regular meeting at one o’clock to day of the Brevard Kiwanis club. He will speak on the work of the NYA and what it has accomplished. Meeting of the Kiwanis club will be held in the West Hall dining room at Brevard College, it was announced. alumiWmdrmT IN TRANSYLVANIA RAISES 300 LBS. Collection Stored In County Jail Until Shipment Made To Asheville The drive for old aluminum in Tran sylvania came to a close yesterday, when the co-chairmen Edwin L. Shore and Dr. E. O. Roland announced that approximately 300 pounds of the precious metal had been collected and brought to the pens on the courthouse lawn. Principal amount of the aluminum had been collected by Saturday of last week, but citizens continued to bring pieces in up until Tuesday. The chair men said that about an equal amount of the total was contributed by citizens of Brevard and citizens of the rural area of the county. The collection was weighed and placed in storage in the county jail until it can be taken to Ashe ville, one of the main collection centers in the state. Cooperating in the county in the drive which began last Friday, were the boy scouts and the girl scouts in the town of Brevard, and the 4-H clubs and the Grange in the rural area. Also, the Junior Missionary club, composed of young Negro girls, collected in the Negro section of town. Wheeler Hosiery Mill Employes Affected By Silk Process Order Could Convert to Nylon, Rayon Production But Materials Not Available Some 130 employes of the Wheeler Hosiery mill here are facing: temporary unemployment due to the government order stopping the processing of raw silk in this country, but officials of the mill indicated that they would do all they could to continue operation of the plant so as to insure employment for their workers. George Wheeler, manager of the plant, which manufactures full fashioned silk hosiery, stated that they had enough silk yarn on hand to operate for a few days more on order which would enable them to continue operation for a short time longer, but that after the silk yarn on order was exhausted he could not predict what, if any, operation would continue. He explained that it would be a comparatively simple matter to con vert the machinery in the plant to the production of rayon, nylon, wool or cot ton hosiery, but in each instance orders for processed yarn on these items were back-ordered by the processing con cerns from 60 to 90 days and that in some items, as nylon, yarn was not available at any time in the near future. Mr. Wheeler was optimistic, however, about the outcome of the governmental order which jeopardized the jobs of hundreds of thousands of hosiery mill workers throughout the nation. He feels that the government will work out some program at an early date to take care of the threatened unemployment. He said, “We’re just w-aiting and hoping for the best, and I feel sure that some thing will be done which will be for the best interest of all concerned”. The local mill had been enjoying ex tremely good business during the past few months. It has been operating two eight-hour shifts a day so as to fill its orders. New Modern Cafeteria At Ecusta Was Opened To Employes Yesterday DSO CAMPAIGN HERE GOES UP OVER THE TOP Check for $650.73 Sent To Headquarters of the USO The campaign for funds in Transyl vania county for the United Sendee Organizations really went over the top, according to P. Brown Carr, county chairman of the USO, who stated yes terday that a check for $650.73 had been mailed to headquarters as the contri bution from this county. The quota had been set at $250 by the State organiza tion of the USO. Mr. Carr said that special thanks for the success of the campaign were due Harry' H. Straus, president of the Ecusta Paper corporation, J. O. Wells, personnel director there, as well as the employes. The Ecusta corporation and employes contributed a major portion of the total amount raised, he said. In all probability Transylvania coun ty will not be called on again in the near future for a quota. Mr. Carr said, because of the amount being turned in above the initial quota requested. He said he believed that in all the 100 counties in the state, Transylvania had surpassed all others in the proportion ate amount raised above the assigned quota. The county USO committee here is composed of, besides Mr. Carr, Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary, town chairman; Ralph R. Fisher, rural chairman; Rev. B. W. Thomason, treasurer; J. O. Wells, representing Ecusta; and Kin McNeil, secretary. Aiding in the campaign in the town were a number of y'oung girls, as well as the Brevard girl scouts, who sold USO badges on the streets here. City Property To Be Advertised For Taxes City Clerk Alex H. Kizer announces that unpaid 1910 city taxes will call for advertisement of property for sale un less settlement is made by Saturday noon of this week. Advertisement of city property will begin next week. Mr. Kizer urged that all property owners having unpaid city taxes settle them this week in order that the adver tising cost not be added. AT THE HOSPITAL Patients reported at Transylvania Community hospital on Wednesday were: Mrs. Fred Wallin and infant daughter, Martha Gale, born on Mon day, August 4; Mrs, R. T. Morgan and infant daughter, Lana, born on Monday August 4; Mrs. Thelma Woodard, H. A. Stewart, Hal Hogsed, John Hall, Cecil Whitmire, Bessie Reynolds, Addis Chap man, Almond Hall, Mrs. Robert Scruggs. i BOARDS IN MEET ADOPT BUDGETS Tax Rate Will Remain Same As Last Year For County, Town The county board of commissioners and the city board of aldermen at their regular meetings here this week ap proved the tentative tax rates and the operating budgets of the county and town as released in estimated budgets four week3 ago. The tax rate for the town was set at $1.50 on the hundred dollar valuation, while the county rate is $1.62 on the hundred dollar valua tion. These rates, of course, are subject to the final approval of the Local Gov ernment Commission in Raleigh. These are the same rates as adopted last year. A break-dowm of the town budget ap proved by the board of aldermen shows j that 73c out of each $1.50 tax levy is allotted for debt service, while the re maining 77c is set aside for the general fund. Total budget requirements are listed at $32,776.27. One dollar out of each $1.62 tax levied for the county has been allotted for debt service, with a total budget requirement for that during the year of $49,800. Other funds in the budget for the fiscal year are: county general fund, $34,439.50: county general fund special purposes, $5,660; county farm, $1,390; welfare department, $5,272; outside poor, $1,700; health department, $4,800; old age assistance, $5,253; aid to dependent children, $1,828.50; school supplement, $29,650. Lions Club Men To Hear Sader Dr. Julius Sader, secretary of the Transylvania county medical society, will speak on the “Needs of the Com munity Hospital” at the regular meet ing this evening at 7 o’clock of the Brevard Lions club, members of the club have announced. The meeting will be held in the West Hall dining room at Brevard College. Other Expansion Work There Reportedly Is Nearing Completion A part of the Ecusta Paper corpora tion’s giprantic expansion program, launched over a year ago, reached com pletion yesterday when it was announc ed by Ecusta officials that the new $60,000 cafeteria building was thrown open to employes for the noon meal. Turkey headed the bill of fare for the “coming out” meal at the modern cafeteria which was constructed spe cifically to accommodate employes of the corporation. The new cafeteria building is of brick and steel construction, 50 feet wide by 150 feet long'. It will accommodate 300 persons at one time, officials stated. It is equipped with the very latest equip ment for cooking and serving meals at the lowest possible cost to the patrons. The new cafeteria is so planned that at times when it is not in use for the serving of meals, rooms are available for recreation and entertainment. Ecusta officials announce that op eration of the cafeteria will be strictly on a non-profit basis, and was built for the benefit of their employes in order th<$t they might have a place to dine in comfort and rest during the lunch periods. Reports from Ecusta officials indicate that other parts of the $2,000,000 ex pansion program are nearing comple tion and that the construction work is progressing satisfactorily. When the ad ditions are completed the capacity of the plant will be doubled, it is under stood . Ecusta now furnishes a major portion of the cigarette paper utilized by cig arette manufacturing companies thru out the world. GERMANY SAYS SOVIET TROOPS ARE ANNIHILATED Claim That Three Week Battle Of Smolensk Ended In Victory The three-week battle of Smolensk on the Moscow front has ended in German victory, the high command claimed late yesterday, and indicated that a great new Nazi offensive on the Eastern front was about to begin. The high command, in four special communiques claiming the annihilation of Soviet armiee totaling several million men, placed German forces, after seven weeks of fighting, at the gates of Kiev and at the main defenses of Leningrad. The four special communiques, how ever, revealed no gains that had not al ready been claimed in the regular daily high command communiques or in the reports of DNB, the official news agency. The communiques emphasized the obstinacy and savage resistance of the Russian armies and described the Soviets as the “toughest opponents” yet encountered by Adolf Hitler’s armies. The high command indicated that with the conclusion of the battle of Smolensk the next obpective of the Ger man armies on the Central front would be Moscow, 235 miles away. One of the special communiques, re viewing the seven weeks of hostilities, claimed the capture of 895,000 prisoners, and reported that 13,000 tanks, 10,388 cannon and 9,082 planes had been taken or destroyed. COUNTY FILLING STATIONS HEED NEWSALESHRS. Filling Station Operators Co operate Fully For National Defense Gasoline stations in Brevard and Transylvania county are cooperating fully with the request of Petroleum Co ordinator Ickes to observe sales hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to a sur vey made of the majority of filling stations in the county. A total of fourteen Transylvania fill ing station operators have publicly signified their intention of cooperating fully with the wish of the federal gov ernment, and they have already begun to strictly observe the new working hours. Other stations throughout the county, owners of which were not con tacted, are cooperating, too. according to reports reaching here, thereby prov ing that the filling station operators in this county are 100 per cent behind the government in whatever moves it deems necessary to conserve gasoline for national defense. Operators of stations here are of the opinion that the new hours for opening and closing, though they may not materially reduce the volume of sales, will make the motoring public conscious of the needs for national defense and will make them more conservative in the unnecessary consumption of gaso line.
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