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Vol. 51; No. 45
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6,1941
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GERMAN WEDGE
DRIVEN IN LINE
OF THE SOVIETS
Sixteenth German Division Re
ported Halted After Mak
ing Inroads
New masses of German tanks directed
by Col. Gen. Ewald Von Kleist have
stabbed a salient several miles deep into
the Rt d army positions in a heavy of
fensive toward Rostov-on-Don, the rail
way junction which links the Caucasus
with the rest of Russia, front-lone Soviet
dispatches reported.
The location of the German wedge
was given only as near the “village of
K.’’ But the 16th German tank division
which made the push was reported halt
ed after losing more than 4000 men, 15
tanks and 20 field artillery pieces.
Russian planes dropped bombs on
Helsinki for the first time in several
months, after it was announced of
ficially that Finnish troops had occu
pied the strategic Bjorko islands in the
Gulf of Finland, driving Soviet forces
from all Finnish soil except *he Hango
naval base near Helsinki.
Five French merchant ships trying to
run contraband for the Germans have
been seized in a convoy off South Africa,
the British admiralty announced and
simultaneously listed a total of 1,276
crewmen rescued from sunken axis sub
marines as indicative of the relentless
royal naval warfare against U-boats.
The foreign office-controlled Japan
Times and Advertiser published a sweep
ing 7-point program for the United
States "to make effective on her own
initiative” to ease the Pacific crisis in
which other sections of the press blunt
ly said the time has come for a final
showdown.
“This is not the time, when the
Pacific is on the brink of war, for Japan
to make known terms to the United
States but rather for America specifical
ly to say what terms of settlement that
country’ intends to make toward undoing
its acts of aggression,” the newspaper
said.
COMMISSIONERS
IN MEET MONDAY
In regular session here last Monday
morning the Transylvania county board
of commissioners dispensed with routine
business matters, approving disbursals
for the month.
One petition was received by the board
from approximately a score of citizens
in the Gloucester area. They asked in the
petition that a twro mile stretch of road
from the Shoal Creek church leading up
Shoal Creek to the U. S. government
road be approved by the commissioners
as an addition to the State road system.
The commissioners approved the peti
tion. Their approval w’ill be reported to
the State Highway division in Raleigh
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HANDICAP COIF
TOURNEY IS ON
Jaycee Sponsored Event Is Pop
ular; Finals Set Saturday,
Sunday
The Brevard Jaycee handicap golf
tournament got off to a good start last
week-end as 18 golfers turned in their
handicap first round, with George Page
shooting the best nine holes. His score
was 89. Several other golfers are ex
pected to play first round matches to
day and tomorrow. Finals will be played
off Saturday and Sunday, with the par
ticipants pairing themselves together.
Bob Smith, golf pro and manager of
the club, announces that the course will
be In tip-top shape by this week-end,
and he also announces the handicaps
for the golfers who have already played
their first round. Entries and handicaps
are as follows: J. I. Ayers, 25; Jimmy
Wallace. 2«; Dr. Carl Hardin, 21;
Ernest Banner, 1$; W. H. Pleas, Jr., 36;
Jim Atkins, 28; S. E. Campbell, 28; Tal
madge Stockstill, 38; Dr. E. O. Roland,
20; Vernon Fullbright, 32; Roland Wil
bur, 22; John Smith, 28; Wayne Conn,
27; John Anderson, 28; George Page,
5; Roy Page, 20; Tom Whitmire, 18;
Chas. W. King, 26. .
Other golfers who are expected to
play their handicap round today or to
morrow are: Sherb Wall, Rev. Harry
Perry, Robert Plummer, Charlie Rus
sell, Ruel Hunt, and others.
The public is cordially invited out to
follow the golfers around. Two hand
some trophies are being awarded to the
winner and runner-up. They are on dis
play in the window' of Parson Jewelry
store.
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Moose Lodge Here
Has New Officers
New officers for the Brevard
Lodge of the Loyal Order of
Moose were elected at the regular
meeting here Monday evening,
members of the Lodge announce.
The new governor is Gerald Sit
ton. Other officers elected were:
W. A. Balcomb, past governor; L.
M. Simpson, junior governor;
Wallace P, Short, prelate; Dr.
Julius Sader, sergeant-at-arms.
A special party meeting for all
members of the Lodge has been
called for Monday evening, Nov.
17, at eight o’clock in the Wood
men Hall.
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS HELP WITH RED CROSS DRIVE
This picture, taken in the home economics classroom at the Brevard high school, shows some of the high school
girls working on Red Cross flags which will be used to aid in publicizing the annual Red Cross Roll Call which
opens in Transylvania county on November 11. Miss Dorothy Duckett, home economics instructor who is directing
the girls in the work, may be seen at the extreme right. The work comes under the general supervision of the
Junior Red Cross chairman, Mrs. E. F. Tileon. (Timex Staff I’hoto)
Two Men Charged Yrith
Auto Theft, Deer Shooting
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Brevard Composer
DONALD LEE MOORE, above, was
signally honored this month by having a
piano composition, “Autumn Sunlight”,
published in Etude, the leading music
magazine of America. The publication
in Etude brought to a total of eight his
published compositions during the past
three years. His compositions include
both piano and military band arrange
ments. Two more compositions of his
are scheduled to be published at an early
date. (Photo by AusHnJ
BREVARD YOUTHS
ENLIST IN NAVY
Two Brevard youths, James Mc
Junkin and Vanoe Forest Ward, Jr.,
have enlisted in the United States Navy,
according to information furnished the
Navy Editor of The Times by the staff
of the Asheville recruiting station.
They were a part of the total of 53
Western North Carolina youths who en
listed at the Asheville station during
the month of October.
For the past six weeks The Times,
and other papers throughout the state,
have been carrying on an intensive ad
vertising campaign for recruits, and
the Asheville recruiting station broke
an all time record in recruits for
Ootober. Previously the high month
for recruiting was 37, reached the past
September.
Town Aldermen Meet
The Brevard board of aldermen met
in their regular monthly session here
last Monday evening at the City Hall.
Only routine business matters were
discussed by the group, in addition to
approval of minutes of the previous
month’s meeting.
Patterson’s Store
Is Being Enlarged
Patterson’s department store on Main
street will have an additional 1,000 feet
of floor space when remodeling work
now under way is completed.
The store interior is being made deep
er by the removal of the back wall
where connection will be made with a
new addition now under construction.
Patterson’s expect to occupy the new
quarters by the first of December.
Mr. Keith Pooeer has returned from
a boat trip to Boston and New York,
where he spent 10 days.
J. B. Owen, Austin McCall
Were Arrested Wednesday
On Charges
Two Transylvania county men. J. B.
Owen and Austin McCall, were being
held in the county jail here Wednesday
charged with the theft of an automobile
and the illegal shooting of deer in the
Pisgah National forest game preserve.'
According to officers at the Ecusta
Paper corporation plant and forest
service officials, a 1934 Model Ford
coach was stolen from the Ecusta
grounds some time after 11:30 o’clock
Tuesday night. The car was owned by
Harry Crane, an employee at Ecusta.
and immediately after discovery of the
theft officers there, including Chief Mc
Call, began a search for the car. It was
found on the Trans-Forest highway
near the Davidson River swimming
pool about 5:30 Wednesday morning.
Officers stated that evidently the car
had run out of gas and that the driver
had run it off the side of the road in an
effort to hide it from view. A short dis
tance away near the new English
Chapel, a dead doe was found, and of
ficers stated that an attempt had been
made to skin the animal on the spot.
Forest service officers said that the
deer had been shot about a mile above
the place where the car was found.
Guided by hounds and by witnesses
who reportedly saw the occupants of the
car escaping, forest service and Ecusta
officers arrested Owens and McCall j
about nine o’clock this morning.
Brown To Preach
For Presbyterians
The Rev. R. Frederick Brown, D.D.,
of Canton, will preach at the Brevard
Presbyterian church on next Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock, according to
members of the church.
Various ministers are being brought
here for the preaching services at the
Presbyterian church until a minister is
called.
Kiwanis Club Meets
At Moffitt House
The Brevard Kiwanis club will hold
I Its regular semi-monthly meeting at the
Moffitt House today, Thursday, at 12:15,
according to J. O. Wells, program chair
man.
Notification will be made at this meet
ing of the annual election of officers to
be held at the next meeting on Novem- |
ber 20. Other details of the program
were not announced.
INFANT FOUND IN
SEWERAGE DRAIN
Officers Investigate Mystery
Surrounding Discovery
Tuesday Morning
Ix>cal officers on Wednesday were in
vestigating: the mystery surrounding
the discovery’ of a new-horn baby’s
body in the sewerage drain of a public
toilet on the business floor of the Pickel
simer building on West Main street early
Tuesday morning. The partially decom
posed body of the white infant was re
portedly found by Warrior Mull, local
plumber, while he was engaged in mak
ing plumbing adjustments.
Officers yesterday had no statement
I to make regarding the investigation,
but it was pointed out that for a period
of three or four weeks recently the
business house was unoccupied, and due
to the state of decomposition of the in
fant’s body it was l>elieved to have been
deposited there during that period. For
a few days, while the building was being
repaired, the front remained open and
accessible to passersby, it was explained.
SIXTH COMPANY
C. A. C. TO HOLD
ANNUAL REUNION
All plans have been completed for the
annual reunion of the old Sixth Com
pany Coast Artillery Corps at the City
Hall in Hendersonville on next Sunday
morning, beginning at 10 o’clock, ac
cording to announcement received here.
An interesting program has been
planned, and all former members of the
Corps are urged to attend. The Rev.
James P. Burk will speak at the me
morial service, ’ and a Baptist quartet
will sing. Frank Fitzsimmons will be
the principal speaker of the day. Other
members of the company are scheduled
on the program.
Approximately 20 of the members of
the Corps were Transylvanians.
Carnival Sponsored By
Lions Club A Success
Members of the Brevard Lions club
carnival committee reported that the
Hallowe’en carnival staged on the vacant
lot on Main street last Friday evening
was very successful. J. E. Smith, chair
man of the committee, stated that ap
proximately |75 net was taken in at
the event. That amount will go Into the
club’s fund for purchasing glasses for
needy children In the county.
It was estimated that at least 1500
people attended the carnival during the
evening.
The Lions club will hold its regular
semi-monthly meeting this evening at
Brevard college, beginning at 7 o’clock.
Power Curtailment Gives Black
Face To Business Houses In City
The lamp in tihe window may still be
kept burning in many a home for the
wayward son, but Brevard residents and
operators of businesses here have stop
ped, temporarily at least, telling the
story of their wares through the medium
of neon and window flood lights.
It all came about due to the cracking
down by OPM officials on the amount of
electric current available for use in the
present defense crisis and in the face
of shortage of water on many streams
for generating current. Brevard busi
ness firms cooperated splendidly with
local Duke Power officials, and on Tues
day night of this week all business
houses here became black In the face—
and there were no lights shining.
An unofficial estimate by a Times re
porter who went around Tuesday night
counting the buildings’ black faces
places the number of business buildings
affected by the drawing of the black
curtain at approximately 50. The sav
ings that will be effected by this cur
tailment of decorative and advertising
lighting In Brevard will amount to sub
stantial sums each month.
And if the shortage isn’t over by
Christmas—sonny can buy oranges and
candy with the money usually spent
for Christmas tree lights.
Annual Red Cross Roll Call
Will Gel Under Way In The
County Tuesday, Nov. 11
SCHOOLS HAVE
DENTAL CLINIC
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Dr. League Here To Carry On j
Work In Grammar Schools
Ten Weeks
The annual Mouth Health Program,
conducted in the elementary schools of
Transylvania county, is now under way
and will continue for a period of ten
weeks, according to Dr. \V. Yates
League, of the State Board of Health,
Raleigh, who is here carrying out the
work in the various schools of the coun
ty. The program is sponsored jointly by
the department of oral hygiene, State
Board of Health, and the local Health
Department, and is conducted each year
by a dentist on the staff of public health
dentists and who has been especially
trained for that' type of work, with
special emphasis being laid upon ex
perience in dealing with children.
Dr. League said that as many sohools
as time will allow will be visited dur
ing the ten-week period. In each grade
the importance of caring daily for the
teeth will be stressed. Among other
things, the children will be taught how
to properly select and care for a tooth
brush and how to correctly brush the
teeth. Other items that will be stressed
include the eating of foods that are im
portant to general good health and
especially the teeth, the dangers of not
having the teeth checked regularly.
In the program all children under
thirteen years of age will be examined
for dental defects. Those children who
have been receiving attention from their
own local dentist will be referred for
treatment. Others requiring attention
will be treated at the clinic in the
school.
OFFICERS OF NFIP
INSTALLED FRIDAY
County Has Allotment Of Ap
proximately $300 For
Treatment Of Cases
At a meeting of the Transylvania
county chapter of the National Founda
tion of Infantile Paralysis last Friday
morning in the court house, the officers
of the organization were installed and
members of the executive committee
were elected. Dr. G. B. Lynch, chairman
of the local chapter presided. Other of
ficers are: J. B. Jones, vice chairman;
John Anderson, secretary; and Jerry
Jerome, treasurer. On the executive
committee, besides the four officers, are:
Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, Mrs. O. H. Orr, Mrs.
David Ward and Ernest McFaul.
It was announced that the local
chapter has almost $300 to be spent on
curing infantile paralysis in the county.
There will be a meeting of the execu
tive committee in the near future, at
which time Mrs. C. Y. Pattor. superin
tendent of the welfare board, w-.t giva
a complete report of the cases of in
fantile paralysis in the county.
Officers Here Capture
Car Stolen In Detroit
Sheriff G. D. Shuford and Deputy W.
T. Brown captured a car in the Tox
away section late Tuesday which was
reported stolen earlier this week in
Detroit, Michigan.
Driver of the car, who, officers listed
as Claud Nicholson, about *6, of the
Toxaway section, was arrested and
lodged in the local Jail.
The recovered car was a 1939 Ford
coach, officers said.
Grocery Stores To Be
Closed On Armistice
All grocery stores in Brevard will be
closed during the entire day on Tues
day, November 11, operators of the
stores announced Wednesday.
They urged that shoppers take care
of the grocery shopping on Monday in
order not to be inconvenienced by the
closing.
Mr. J. B. Jones spent the week-end
in Raleigh and Chapel Hill and attend
ed a meeting of the legislative commit
tee of the state education association.
Local People To Take
Part In 1st Deer Hunt
When the first deer hunt of the sea
son in the Davidson River area of Pis
gah National forest opens here next
Monday a number of local sportsmen
will be deep in the forest long before
the sun rises over the hills. They, along
with countless others, will be in quest
of the fleet-footed deer which are
numerous on the game preserve.
Among those from here who take part
in the Initial hunt are Dan I>. English,
Charles Gibbs, John Ashworth, A. B.
Owen, Dwight Mofifitt, D. R. Boyd and
Goode Doftis.
Special Divisional Chairmen
Will Be Appointed Later
This Week
COUNTY GOAL IS $1300
The 1941 annual Red Cross Roll Call
will officially get under way in Brevard
and Transylvania county on Tuesday,
November 11, with the biggest goal ever
set for this county to be reached at the
close of the drive on Thanksgiving eve,
November 19. Goal for the county has
been set this year at $1300.
Kin McNeil, acting editor of The
Times, has been named Roll Call Chair
man for the 1941 drive, replacing Jerry
Jerome who for the fiast several years
has served in that capacity. However,
Mr. Jerome will serve as the special
chairman in charge of the drive in the
business section of Brevard and Pisgah
Forest. Other chairmen for special
drives will be named between now and
next Tuesday, it was stated.
In view of the fact that the goal for
the county has been more than doubled
for the current year, every attempt will
be made to reach people in every section
of the county, Mr. McNeil said. Mem
bers of 4-H clubs, the Grange, and
other community organizations in the
rural areas will be contacted this week'
and asked to do their part in carrying
the Roll Call drive to every interested
person.
Last year Transylvania county stood
15th in the State in proportion of en
rolled members to population. A total
of 718 memberships were enrolled, plac
ing Brevard and Transylvania next to
Winston-Salem in proportionate mem
bership obtained.
Mrs. Catherine Stewart, district field
representative of the Red Cross, in
making an appeal for enrolling in the
annual drive stated that “Never in the
history of the American Red Cross has
it been so important that our organiza
tion for Roll Call be planned to give
every adult an opportunity of serving
the nation through membership. The
Red Cross is meeting great demand for
service incident to the prest nt world
conflict and is rapidlj expanding its
services essential to national defense.”
An organizational meeting will be
called later this week by the Roll Call
chairman, it was announced, to com
plete final plans for the intensive drive.
Various civic and business leaders will
be appointed to take charge of special
and divisional drives.
The Junior Red Cross division, under
the direction of Mrs. E. F. Tilson, has
already begun work in preparation for
•the drive. They have been making a
number of Red Cross flags for use in the
campaign.
! BASSO WRITES
A NEW NOVEL
Hamilton Basso, whose home and
workshop is at Davidson River near
here, has just had published a new
novel entitled “Wine Of The Country”,
published by Charles Scribner’s Sons,
New York,
Walter S. Adams, managing editor
of The Asheville Citizen, has this to say
about the novel:
“ 'Wine Of The Country* is rich in
entertainment value with a vital and
timely theme. It is a study in conflicts.
The story is that of a gifted young an
thropologist who became infected with
the what’s-the-use philosophy so com
mon in these hectic days and decided to»
throw his professional career overboard
and revert to doing something "ssefuT
on hie family’s farm in South Carolina.”
Finance Corporation 1
Offers Service Here
The M and J Finance corporation i»
now offering finance services in Brevard.
The local representative will be Ralph
Blanton, of Asheville, it was announced
here this week. Auto financing and re
financing will be handled, it was stated.
The representative of the corporation
here will be at the Atkins Motor Sales
on Caldwell street. He will keep office
hours there on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday of each week.
The M and J Finance corporation is
a North Carolina company, with main
offices in Shelby.
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Armistice Events
To Be Scant Here
Armistice Day celebration here
next Tuesday, November 11, will
be conspicious by the lack of any
planned celebration events. So far
as could be ascertained here Wed
nesday no special events have
been planned for the day, with the
exception of a high school foot- i
• ball game between Brevard High
and Waynesvllle High on the local
athletic field, beginning at 2:30
o’clock.
Merchants stated that stores
will observe regular hours that 1
day. The impending threat of war
evidently marked as nil the usual
Armistice Day celebration.
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