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ceoececeoececB^cececeoeoeceoececeQececi Transylvania County Entrance to Pisgah National Forest C8Ce08»SRKKKKKKKKKggeegl THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES A Newspaper )evoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County Vol. 51; No. 35 BREV/UD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1841 Trade at Home Boost Your Town and County $1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY Nantahala Creamery Will Erect Pasteurizing Plant Here Public Schools Open Today; Teachers For Term Named Total of 78 Teachers Employed For Term In Seventeen Schools In County All public schools In Transylvania open this morning: at 8:45 daylight sav ing time for the 1941-42 school term. Special opening day programs have been planned in many of the schools, ac cording to information received here. These programs will be of short dura tion. At a meeting of all public school teach ers in Transylvania Wednesday morn ing in the auditorium of Brevard high school, organization of the county unit of the North Carolina Education Associa tion, in which membership was 100 per cent last year, was perfected, and the same officers as served last year were re-elected. They are: J. B. Jones, coun ty superintendent of schools, president; Annie May Patotn, vice president; Agnes Clayton, secretary-treasurer. J. B. Jones presided at the meeting. Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor of the First Baptist church here, held de votionals, emphasizing to the teachers that they should promote religious ac tivity in their schools but not sectional ism. New teachers on the roster this year were introduced at the meeting. Especial emphasis, Mr. Jones said, was laid on the conservation of fuel in the public schools this year, due to the shortage and the need for fuel in na tional defense work. J. B. Jones, county superintendent of schools, announced yesterday the teach er list for 1941-42. A total of 78 teachers are listed for the two high schools and fifteen elementary schools in the coun ty, including two elementary schools for Negroes in the county. The schools, principals and teachers (Continued on page eight) GEORGIA COUPLE PIJPCH/SES LAND • - _.c_ Mr. and Mrs. William Rogers March men, of Fort Valley, Ga.. have purchas ed a 30-acre tract of land on See-Off mountain near here and will erect a summer home there, it has been learn ed here. The structure will be a 2-story log building. Mr. and Mrs. Marchman first became interested in this section when they spent their honeymoon here three sum mens ago. He was formerly connected with the National City Bank of New York as Far Eastern representative in Manchuria and China. She is the daughter of Mrs. Robert Remson Raid law. of Englewood, N. J. At present Mr. Marchman is inter ested in peach growing and merchandis ing at Fort Valley, Ga. Both Mr. and Mrs. Marchman are sports enthusiasts, and they highly praise Western North Carolina for its fine trout fishing. HOME ECONOMIC HEAD Dr. E. J. Coltrane, President of Bre vard College, has announced the appoint ment of Miss Madge Rhyne, of Gas tonia. as head of the department of home economics at Brevard College, ef fective September of this year. She suc ceed® Mrs. M. S. Thompson. Miss Rhyne, who hae had ten years of successful experience teaching home economics in North Carolina high schools, received her A. B. and M. A. de grees in her field at the Woman’s Col lege and the University of North Caro lina. Rites Are Held For Mark Whitmire, 82 Funeral service was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mark Whit mire, 82, at Quebec. He died at his home there Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Surviving Mr. Whitmire is one bro ther, “Babe” Whitmire, of Quebec, and an adopted daughter, Mrs. Franklin, al so of Quebec. LOCAL BOYS RANK HIGH IN JUDGING At the 29th annual Field Day held at the State Test Farm at Swannanoa last week local boys ranked high in the Fu ture Farmers of America livestock judg ing contest, Randal Lyday, faculty sponsor for the Brevard Chapter of the F. F. A. announced. In hteh scoring individuals, Everett Green of this city ranked second, and he also ranked first in dairy cattle judging. The Brevard team, composed of three boys, ranked fourth as a team for high scoring In the entire contest. A team from Rosraan, with Professor Keisler as F. F. A. Chapter sponsor there, also participated in the contest. A total of 84 boys participated in the contest, comprising 28 teams from 28 schools in this section of the state. Thir teen counties were represented. The farm real estate market through out the nation has shown great improve ment during the first six months of 1941. To Sell Delinquent Tax Property Monj Edwin A. Morgan, tax colleo tor for Transylvania county will sell at public auction al real property on which 194^ taxes are unpaid at the countf court house Monday, Septem ber 1, at 12 o’clock noon, day light saving time, according to previously advertised schedule. Mr. Morgan said yesterday that a considerable amount of 1940 taxes was still delinquent, and he urged that all taxpty ers who have not yet done so to come in and settle by Satur day of this week. POST OFFICE AND j STORES WILL BE CLOSED LABOR DAY Post Office to be Open For Tvo Half-Hour Periods Mon day Morning In observance of Labor Day in B*e var<] and Transylvania county next Monday, a number of business houses will be closed, as well as the post office. The Transylvania Trust company will lie closed for the entire day, as will the lT. D. C. library. A majority of the retail stores in Bre vard have announced their intentions of remaining- closed all day Monday, and Chamber of Commerce officials said that it is expected that all retail establish ments will close for the day. The post office will be closed for the entire day except for two brief periods Monday morning-, Postmaster T. Cole man Galloway, has announced. It will be open from 8 to 8:30 and again from 10:30 to 11 a.m., Eastern standard time. Patrons may call for general delivery mail, buy stamps, and get the regular service during these two half-hour periods. No civic program has been planned for the day as far as could be learned here Wednesday. However, the Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the last in a series of street dances on Broad street Monday evening from 8:30 to 10:30, daylight saving time. A large attendance is expected at this popular weekly event. Final Street Dance Is Set For Monday Meeting at Brevard College dining hall last Tuesday night, the Brevard Jaycees voted to have one more Community sing (tonight, Thursday, on the high school lawn) and one more street dance on next Monday night, September 1. Secretary John Anderson announces that the square dances have been fi nancially successful this summer and that funds realized from them would be turned back into entertainment for the townspeople and tourists. A bingo party is planned for the near future as well ;is a round dance on September 19. Ed Varner, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, expressed his appreciation to the local people for their continued support of the work of the Jaycees. Varner presided over the meet ing and announced that the Jaycees would have a dinner-meeting at the College once a month from now on. Set Meeting Of Grange Tonight The Little River Grange, the only organized Grange in Transylvania coun ty, will meet at the Little River school house tonight at 8:30 o’clock, daylight saving time. Miss Annabel Teague, county home demonstration agent and an officer in the Grange, has announced. Miss Teague reports that foods as re lated to national defense and other topics pertinent to national defense will be discussed. All farmers and home makers in the area are urged to attend the meeting. LOCAL MAN WITH ENGLAND’S R. A. F. Charles Duckworth, son of Mrs. Lot tie Duckworth, of Brevard, now has a position with England’s R. A. P. Bomb er Perry Command, according to word received by Mrs. Duckworth this week. He is a flight engineer. Young Duckworth has made a num ber of North Atlantic flights and re cently served as flight engineer on the Consolidated Liberator, the four-engine bomber that brought the Duke of Kent to Canada. He was formerly with the U. S, Naval Air Service. RED CROSS CANOE REGATTA SET FOR 4 O’CLOCK TODAY Public Is Invited To Annual Lake Event At Camp Caro lina Near Here The annua] canoe regatta, staged each year by the staff and student body of the American National Red Cross aquatic and first aid school at Camp Carolina, will be held this afternoon on the lake at Camp Carolina, beginning at 4 p.m., Eastern standard time, Harry A. Kenning, director of the school, an nounces. This outstanding aquatic event each year draws thousands of people from over Transylvania and neighboring counties of this section of the state to watch expert canoers go through beau tiful formation work and to observe the various other water sports in which demonstrations will be given. Thirty or more canoes will be used in the regatta, it is understood, and this year’s event promises to be one of the best yet stag ed by the aquatic school. Practice for the regatta has been under way since the first of the week, members of the staff announce, and everything will be in readiness for a I first class performance Thursday after [ noon. The public is cordially invited to at tend the regatta, Mr. Kenning said, and parking space for those who come by auto will be provided at the entrance road to Camp Carolina on Highway 280, approximately .100 yards from the camp lake. Attendants will be on hand to di rect traffic, and autos will be allowed to drive in to the lake, unload their pas sengers immediately, and return to the parking grounds at the entrance road. WILL INTRODUCE NEW THEME SONG AT SING TONIGHT Drake Sisters of Hendersonville To Present Hamilton’s “Welcome To Brevard” Climaxing: the community sings* here tonig-ht will be a special presentation of the Brevard theme song- recently com posed by Neal Hamilton, of Caroleen, but a native of Transylvania. It is titled "Welcome to Brevard”, and it will be sung by the Drake Sisters, of Hender sonville, well known over this section of the state as a talented group of young vocal artists. This last of the community singrs, | which have been sponsored by the Bre ivard Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 8:30 daylight saving time on Broad street. In event of rain the sing ing will be held in Brevard high school auditorium. Members of the Brevard Jaycees and C. M. Douglas, master of ceremonies at the weekly sings, urges citizens and vis itors to come out for the introduction of the new' theme song. It is ex-pected that Mr. Hamliton will be present to hear his composition introduced to the crowd. Jaycee members report that the com munity sings have been very success ful here this summer. From 600 to 800 (Continued on page eight) Called To Active Service DR. J. E. OSBORNE, above, has been called to active service with the U. S. Navy at Portsmouth, Virginia. He left here last week, and he will be joined by Mrs. Osborne later. LOCAL BOYS TO PLAY IN SEMI PRO FOOTBALL Throe Brevard boys will hit the pro fessional football turf this fall in the Southern Dixie semi-professional foot ball league. according to information ^available here yesterday. The three young men are Chan Ashworth, Jeep McCauley, and Max Green. The former two played with the Brevard College eleven last year. They leave here next Sunday for Charlotte where they will go in training with the Charlotte Clippers, it was an nounced. Ashworth plays the fullback position, McCauley blocking back, and Green guard. All were outstanding in high school football play, and Ashworth saw service with the Frosh team of the University of Tennessee Vols. Fifth Sunday Singing To Be At Courthouse A fifth Sunday singing convention will be held at the courthouse here next Sun day. August 30, it was announced today. The convention will open promptly at 1:30 o’clock daylight time. A number of outstanding singers and mixed choral groups from other sections are expected and the public is cordially invited to attend. AT THE HOSPITAL Patients reported late Wednesday af ternoon to be in the Transylvania Com munity hospital were: Mrs. S. P. Verner, Mrs. Porter Tinsley, Miss Charlotte Herman, George W. Brock and Harty Allison. Town Will Let Contract For Garbage Collection Merchants And Board of Aider men Reach Agreement Re garding Plan And Charges t __ At a meeting of a committee repre senting the merchants of Brevard, and the town board of aldermen Tuesday night in the City Hall, the town board elected to advertise for private bids for contracting the disposal of garbage and trash within the city limits. At present the city collects garbage by municipal truck and employes. The committeemen present who rep resented the merchants were: Robert H. Plummer, chairman; J. E. Smith, and L<ewis K. Osborne. They, together with Harry Sellers, had been named by the merchants in a previous meeting to represent them at this meeting with the town board, which was designed to "thrash out” a misunderstanding be tween the merchants and the board on a proposed charge to the individual mer chants for the collection and removal of their garbage. The merchants’ committee presented a petition to the board Tuesday night, to which some fifty names of local mer chants were attached, stating that the signers were not willing to pay the pro posed charge of collection and removal of garbage and trash if it were enacted by the board of aldermen. The proposed charge, as advanced by the board, had been set variously from $2 per month to $20 per month, according: to an esti mate of the amount of garbage collect ed from each establishment. The petition further stated: “We, af ter careful consideration, do suggest that the Board of Aldermen advertise for bids for the collection and disposal of trash and garbage of the entire com munity, and that they accept the lowest bonded bid for the collection and dis posal of said trash and garbage, there by saving the Town of Brevard con siderable money.” The merchants’ com mittee pointed out that they believed the trash and garbage disposal could be contracted to private contractor for something like $2,000 less than the town board admitted it was costing at pres ent. The petition went on to state that the cost of this collection should be included in the town budget and that such cost be levied by general taxation. • The board accepted the proposal of contracting to private contractor, and an agreement was reached whereby the merchants will pay a flat minimum charge for the collection and removal of garbage and trash at their establish ments, this charge to be increased ac cord* ng to amount collected and dis posed. No additional charge is to be made on home owners, it was under stood. The minimum charge to mer chants nor pro-rata increase has been set as yet. DR. OSBORNE IS CALLED TO NAVY Well Known Rosman Doctor Goes To Portsmouth U. S. Navy Yards Lieutenant-Commander J. E, Osborne, for the past ten years a practicing- doc tor of medicine and dentistry at Ros man, has been called to active duty in the Fifth IJ. S. Naval District at Ports mouth, Virginia, Navy Yards. His order was originally scheduled to become ef fective August 1, but due to delay in order reaching him, his work became effective Monday of this week. Dr. Osborne, a reserve officer in the U. S. Navy medical corps, was formerly connected with the State Prison, Raleigh. He served in the U. S. Army during the World war, at Fort McPherson, Georgia. While in Transylvania county he has served as prison physician for the local prison camp. Mrs. Osborne will join her husband on duty later in the year. Dr. Osborne left for Portsmouth last week. BALTIC TO BLACK SEA IS SCENE OF RACING BATTLES Russians And Germans Are Fighting For Air Mastery Over Leningrad Massive battles of men and machines raged on unchecked from the Baltic to the Black sea Wednesday, and in tre mendous air battles before Leningrad the Russians reported 101 Nazi planes destroyed in the sky and on airdromes in two days. Below the almost continuous fighting for mastery of the air above the Soviet Union’s second city, Russian military dispatches said, German panzers, motor cyclists and infantry charging toward the Baltic port were being mowed down in windrows by Soviet machine-gunners in forest-canopied redoubts. ■British accounts of the swift drive in to Iran said air-borne imperial troops descended from the skies and seized control of vital communications heads, making possible the quick seizure of oil centers. The Iranian high command in a com munique picked up and relayed to the world by Berlin reported early Wednes day that the kingdom’s defenders “at several points are putting up resistance and have succeeded in holding” the British-Russian advance engulfing the country. The Teheran announcement did not say where these points of resistance were, but the British said imperial forces on the second day of the invasion already were in possession of the coun try’s vast western oil reservoir. Several towns have been bombed, the Iranian communique said, with considerable damage to residential areas but it claim ed no military targets were hit. The Germans announced they had captured the great industrial city of Dnieperopetrovsk, last Russian foot hold west of the Dnieper in Southern Ukraine, and the railway city of Luga, 90 miles south of Leningrad. More than 1,000 different kinds of European weeds have invaded this coun try in the past year. TO BUILD PLANT ON LOT CLOSE TO BREVARD COLLEGE Say Construction Will Be Under Way On Building Within Two Weeks The Nantahala Creamery, operating dairies at Franklin and Brevard, will erect a pasteurizing plant at Brevard, construction to begin within the next two weeks, it was learned here Wednes day. The plant will be erected on a lot in North Brevard just across Highway No. 64 from the Brevard College campus. The lot has just been purchased from the W. E. Breese heirs. In a telephone conversation Wednes day with A. B. Slagle, of Franklin, own er of Nantahala Creamery and sheriff of Macon county, he said that the pas teurizing plant was to be built here in Brevard in order that Nantahala might provide pasteurized milk for the trade in Brevard and Transylvania county. He was not able to give details of the structure, but he estimated that it would contain about 1600 square feet of floor space and would be built of brick or tile and concrete. He said he hoped that construction on the plant could be started within the next ten days, but that there might be some delays in ob taining materials. He could not give any date at which the plant would be gin operation, due, he said, to the fact that certain machinery necessary for the operation of the plant was extreme ly hard to obtain right now. The incentive which prompted Mr. Slagle to establish a pasteurizing plant in Brevard was the prospects of con tinued good business in the dairy field, he said. The dairy in Transylvania now being operated by the Nantahala Creamery is known as Sunnyside Dairy and was formerly owned by Davis Glazener and Sons. It is located about two miles from Brevard on the Country Club road. FUNERAL HELD ON SUNDAY FOR J. WHITMIRE Funeral services for Joseph Whit mire, 65, of Brevard, who died Friday, were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Cherryfield Baptist church. The Rev. J. L. Underwood of ficiated. Burial was in Mount Moriah cemetery. Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. Maggie Ball Whitmire; four daughters, Mrs. Ed Rose of Brevard, Mrs. Beecher Mull of Brevard, Mrs. Charles Drake, of Camden, N. J., and Mrs. Maze Waldrop,, of Brevard; two eons, Fred and Clarence • Whitmire, of Brevard; one sister, Mrs. Bessie McCarter, of Brevard; four brothers, M. C., E. J., J. C. and Gaston Whitmire, all of Brevard Route 1, and eight grandchildren. DEMONSTRATION MEET The Little River Home Demonstra tion club will meet at the home of Mrs. E. H. Mackey on Friday afternoon at 2:30 daylight saving time, Miss Annabel Teague, home demonstration agent, has announced. A string bean canning demonstration will be held, Miss Teague said, and all homemakers in the community are urged to be present. Four Family Reunion Is Set For Saturday The Four-Family reunion, Owen Galloway-Reed-Parker, will be held this year at the Macedonia church in the Gloucester section of Transylvania on Saturday, August 30, beginning at 10 a.m., standard time, according to an nouncement by the president J. C. Owen. All relatives and friends are invited to attend the annual affair. Lunch will be served on the grounds at the noon hour. LEGION POST TO ENROLL MEMBERS At a recent meeting of the local Mon roe Wilson post of the American Legion plans were laid for staging a member ship drive in the early future in which an attempt will be made to reach every World war veteran in the county, mem bers of the legion post said here yester day. Dates of the active drive were not announced. Membership drive committeemen for the various sections of the county were named at the latest meeting. Named on the committee wete Ralph R. Fisher, post commander; F. Brown Carr, J. B. ePttit, Jason Huggins, Fred I. Mc Neely, Waitha Fisher, L. G. Galloway, Elmer Gillespie, Emmerson Jones, R. L. Merrill, Clarence Orr, Carl Galloway, Clifford Raxter, Charles Norris, Dick Perrin, R. F. Bennett, and Thomas H. Allen. E. Li. Sims, grave registration officer, has been assigned to compile a com plete registration of all graves of vet erans in the county. Regular meetings of the Poet are set for first and third Tuesdays of each month at 8 o’clock over the City Hall.
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