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Transylvania County Knt ranee to Pisgah National Forest The Transylvania Times A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County Trade at Boost Your and Vol. 51; No. 48 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1941 $1.50 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY More Than $200,000 Will Be Spent In County In December CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE BE OPENED HERE ON MONDAY Randal J. Lyday Is Chairman For 1941; $200 County Goal The annual Christmas seal sale in Transylvania county will be launched here next Monday morn ing, according to Randal J. Lyday, who has been appointed chairman of the seal sale for 1941. The funds realized will go to help the fight against tuberculosis. The county goal has been set at $200 this year, Mr. Lyday said. llr. Lyday announced that the campaign would be worked prin cipally through the mails. A letter, together with a number of the seals, will be placed in envelopes and sent to persons throughout the county. He said he expected to send out about 200 letters the first of next week as the opening stage of the campaign. The drive will close on Christmas Day. Mr. Lyday pointed out that the majority of the funds—seventy | five per cent—remain in Transyl * vania county for the fighting of tuberculosis here. Although Tran sylvania had no deaths from tuber culosis in 1940, a total of fc.»r deaths from the disease have been reported in the county thus far this year, and 18 active cases are reported in the county, he said. To aid in the Christmas seal work will be the local Lions and Kiwanis clubs, he announced. He said he expected that they would take charge of the sale of the bonds, which range in denomina Jk tion from $5 to $50. Also, Red Cross bangles and buttons will be sold through the county schools. Governor Broughton has endors ed the Christmas seal sale, Mr. Ly day said, urging all North Caro linians to cooperate in this war on tuberculosis. TIME LIMITED TO JOIN R. E. A. Secretary - Treasurer Urges Memberships Be Filed At Once D. L. Glazener, secretary-treas urrer of the Transylvania county unit of the Cruso Electric Mem ^ bership corporation, of Waynes ™ ville, this week urges home own ers in Upper Transylvania to turn in their membership fees before final survey for the building of the electric lines is made. He states that the time is limited and em phasizes the importance of getting membership at once. People in Upper Transylvania may obtain memberships through Walter McNeely, Till McCall, A. M. Paxton, Sr., or Mr. Glazener. The Rural Electrification Admin istration recently allotted the Cruso corporation $279,000 with which to build 247 miles of addi tional line. Approximately 10 0 miles of that line will be built in Transylvania, actual work to get under way as soon as vital material is available. ► FIREMEN WILL GATHER TOYS FOR CHILDREN The firemen of the Brevard fire department will this Christmas, as they have in years past, play Santa Claus to a number of underprivil eged children in Brevard and thru out the county. They are now ready to accept secondhand toys for repair and for later distribution to the needy chil dren. The condition of the toys does not matter, they announce, and they urge that the toys be turned in at the fire department at the City Hall at the earliest possible moment. The Co-Ed and Clemson theatres will cooperate in the drive for toys by showing a picture some time next month, admission to which will be one secondhand toy, it was stated. Brevard students attending Fur man University, Greenville, S. C., who spent the Thanksgiving holi days at their homes here were Bert Wilkerson, Ethelyn Pickelsimer, Emily Feaster and Jean Thomason. Stuka Dive Bomber—British Pilot An RAF pilot, a Tasmanian, is at the controls of this German Stuka dive bomber, bearing Italian and British markings. The plane is one of an entire squadron which recently fell into British hands when the Italian pilots were forced to land because of a fuel shortage. Last Rites Conducted For Richard Enloe, Killed On Army Maneuvers Auto Tags To Go On Sale Monday The 1942 North Carolina automobile license tags will go on sale throughout the state on Monday, December 1, but it is not definitely known yet whether Transyl vanians may purchase their licenses here. Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary has released her contract with the Carolina Motor Club and will not handle the tags, but an attempt is being made to establish an agency thru Johnny Fuller at Hayes Mo tor company. A definite statement about the estab lishment of the agency could not be obtained Wednesday. The 1942 tags have an or ange background with black figures. ,4. JUNIOR CLASS TO PRESENT COMEDY “Feudin’ In The Hills” Will Be Presented Here Friday Night “Feudin’ in the Hills”, a lively, three-act comedy by James C. Parker, will be presented by the Brevard high school junior class in the school auditorium Friday even ing of this week, beginning at 8 o’clock. The play is directed by Mrs. Robert T. Kimzey. Cast of the play is composed of Bradley Wyatt as Sam Pruitt, Betsy Allison as Dina Pruitt, Ruth Osborne as Edna Mae Martin, Doris Wiley as Zula Martin, Melba Sin iard as Grandma Martin, Taylor Norton as Mr. Martin, Charles Can trell as Jed Martin, Hicks Scruggs as Mrs. Martin, Jim Kanipe as Dr. Horatio Dexter Abercrombie, and Barbara Bobst as Myrtle Aber crombie. The play, a legendary type, is centered around the old, old feud between two mountaineer clans, the Martins and the Pruitts. The Aber crombies have come to the moun tains to study the people and to write a book about them, and when they arrive things start happening Was First Transylvanian To Be Killed On First Army Maneuvers TRACTOR OVERTURNED Funeral service was conducted here Tuesday afternoon at three o’clock at the First Baptist church for Corporal Richard J. Enloe, 21, who was killed while on First Army maneuvers near Ellerbee early last Sunday morning. Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor, and Rev. E. P. Billups officiated. Interment was in the Glazener cemetery near here. Young Enloe, who had been en listed in the army at Fort Bragg for almost two years at the time of his j death, was killed when his tractor, which was pulling a 155 MM. gun, overturned on him and crushed him, according to reports reaching here from First Army public re lations headquarters. He was the first army trainee from Transyl vania to be killed in the extensive maneuvers this fall Prior to enlisting in the army he had served as an apprentice plumb er and had received his license as a journeyman plumber. Hp was a member of the local Woodmen camp and at the time of his death -Turn To Page Twelve BREVARD YOUTHS HURT IN WRECK Two Brevard youths, Tom Gallo way, 19, and Johnny Walker, 20, both students at Wake Forest col lege, were injured in an auto mobile accident on Highway 70 be i tween Conover and Hickory in Catawba county early last Sunday afternoon when the car in which they were riding with four others I struck another car head-on. Young Galloway suffered a frac-1 tured hip and leg and facial lacera-1 tions. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Galloway. Walker was only slightly injured in facial cuts and bruises. He is the son of Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary. One occupant of the car in which I the Brevard youths were riding, Miss Alice Britt Howell, 19, of Thomasville, was most seriously in jured. Her condition was regarded as serious. Driver of the car was reported as J. Ed Long, of Chester field, S. C. A total of 11 persons were in jured in the collision. BANK CELEBRATES! TENTH YEAR HERE Deposits At Transylvania Trust Company Better Than Half Million The Transyivania Trust company, Transylvania county’s only bank, this week is celebrating its tenth anniversary of service to the people of Brevard and surrounding terri tory. The bank was Established in 1931 and opened for business on November 24 of that year. Monday of this week was the tenth anni versary of the opening day. First president of the Trust com pany was H. B. Kelly, of Hender-! sonville, who was followed by Hugh Sowers, of the Wachovia Bank and Trust company, Asheville branch. J. H. Pickelsimer succeeded Sow ers and served as president of the institution until his death early this month. The story of the growth of the Trust company is told in the figures on deposits. The total deposits in the bank on December 31, 1931, only a little more than a month af ter it opened for business, amount ed to $92,225.55. Six years later to tal deposits amounted to $299, 207.74. On Monday, November 24, total deposits were $695,471.30, considerably better than half of a million dollars and showing an in crease over initial deposits of more than $600,000. Officers of the bank are R. J. Duckworth, cashier and vice-presi dent, and Karl Bosse, assistant cashier. Present employes include Mrs. Henry Henderson, teller; Mrs. Dwight Moffitt, teller and book keeper; Miss Myrtle Morrison bookkeeper; J. H. Hollifield, book keeper; and Mrs. Lloyd Hughes, part-time help. I KIWANIANS TO MEET j A meeting of the Brevard Ki-I wanis club will be held at the Mof- i fitt House on Broad street at 12:15 Thursday afternoon, members of the club have announced. A turkey dinner will be served at this meeting, it was stated, since the club did not hold its regular meeting last Thursday. The United States has never lost a war, nor the Navy a fleet action. Shopping Season Opens Next Week; Merchants Are Planning Decorations Santa Claus Invited Here To Officially Open The Shopping Season EVERGREEN DECORATION The merchants of Brevard are now making plans for one of the biggest shopping seasons in the history of the town and are stock ing their places of business with large quantities of holiday season merchandise. At a meeting at the City Hall last Monday evening, called by officials of the Chamber of Commerce, Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legion Post, the merchants decided to put up street decorations in the business sec tion of town and to extend a cor dial invitation to Santa Claus to come here on Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6, to formally open the Christmas shopping season. No decorations were put up in Brevard last year. It was agreed at the meeting to use evergreens from the mountain area for decorations instead of laurel roping as had been suggest ed. These evergreens would be placed around light posts through out the business section, lending a holiday atmosphere to the sur roundings. It is now known that OPM’s curtailment of power earlier in the fall will not be in effect after December 15, and it is probable that some decorative lights may be used. At least, the usual sign and advertising lighting will be in ef fect, and that will brighten up the streets for the occasion. B. H. Freeman, chief of police, agreed to contact the individual business firms in town and to ask them to contribute toward the cost of putting up the decorations He stated Wednesday that all places were cooperating. The Times is planning a special Christmas Shopping Edition for the merchants to aid in opening the holiday shopping season here. It will be published on Thursdav, December 4. Members of the street decoration committee are Harry Sellers, Fred Holt, T. E. Reid, John Anderson, and Mack Allison, Jr.' Temperature Low Hit Tuesday Night The record low temperature for the past week was reached Tues day night, according to Phillip Price, official weather man. The thermometer went down to 17 de grees, his report shows. Record for the week is as follows: Date High Low Rainfall Nov. 20 39 20 .30 Nov. 21 61 38 Nov. 22 51 29 Nov. 23 61 39 .95 Nov. 24 51 31 .05 Nov. 25 56 19 Nov. 26 — 17 LIONS WILL MEET The Brevard Lions club will meet at the dining hall in Brevard college Thursday evening at 7 o’clock, according to announcement by the secretary, Donald Lee Moore. U. D. C. LIBRARY HOURS Until further notice the U. D. C. library will be open only from 4 to 5:30 p.m. daily and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 12 noon and 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., according to the librarian, Miss Annie Jean Gash. T—*-- ■■■■“" ■» Times To Issue Shopping Edition On Thursday, December 4, The Times will issue the Transylvania County Christ mas Shopping Edition, fea turing holiday stories and ar ticles together with the mes sages of Brevard’s merchants directed to shoppers. Persons are urged to have all advertising and news copy ready at the earliest possible moment in order that the enlarged issue, which will have a greatly increased circulation, may be publish ed on time. Cooperation in this matter will be greatly "appreciated. DECEMBER COURT TERM OPENS IN BREVARD MONDAY Criminal And Civil Actions Are Docketed: Phillips To Preside On next Monday morning, Dec. 1, the regular December term of Transylvania county superior court will convene here, with Judge F. Donald Phillips, of Rockingham, presiding. Clarence O. Ridings, solicitor for the 18th judicial dis trict, will handle the prosecution. A list of the jurors drawn for the two weeks mixed criminal and civil term was issued in an earlier edi tion of The Times. According to the present docket schedule, criniinal cases will be heard on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the first week of court, with Thursday and Friday, December 4 and 5, and Monday and Tuesday, December 8 and 9, being set aside for civil cases. The criminal cases scheduled for trial are all piinor, including driv ing drunk, assault and battery, and other charges. The civil calendar includes the —Turn To Page Six ROSMAN JUNIORS WEI GIVE PLAY The Comedy, “For Pete’s Sake”, Has Large Cast Of Players The junior class of Rosman high school will present their annual play in the Rosman high school auditorium on Friday evening of this week, beginning at 8 o’clock. Title of the play is “For Pete’s Sake,” a three-act comedy written by Jay Tobias. It will be presented under the direction of Miss Martha Bennett. Cast in the lively comedy are the following members of the Rosman junior class. Boyce Winchester, Stanley Winchester, Vivian Glaze ner, Kathleen McCall, Cornelia Gillespie, Blanche Owen, Margaret Whitmire, Martha Whitmire, Wil liam Talley, Jr., Albert Israel, Cur tis Reid, and John Lee Whitmire. Stage managers are W. B. Head, Jr., and Charles Lee Moore. Ruth Gillespie is the prompter. Tickets have been placed on sale already for the play. Are You Tired Of Walking For Your Mail Every Day? So Was Another Man, Who Fixed Everything Up So He Could Get His Mail By Wire Do you who live out in the coun try have to walk too far for your mail every day? Would you rather stay inside by a warm fire these cool winter mornings than go out into the driving wind to get the papers and the mail order cata logs? Would you have your mail left at your front door, even if you do live a quarter of a mile from the mail route. Would you step to the front porch and mail the Christmas card to Cousin Emma and not have to climb a long, tortuous path to the mail box? Well, if you would, here’s the answer. It can be done! The idea was conceived by the late Vance Galloway, of the Gloucester section of Transylvania, and he employed it for many years. However, it is not a patented pro cess, and if you have a little in itiative and the right kind of a slope on your farm land, you, too, can soon play peekaboo with the fire embers while the winds blow and the snow flies and the mail man leaves next spring’s seed cat alog in your mail box. So far as a short but energetic / survey of postal facilities reveal, the mail box contraption conceived by Mr. Galloway is the only one of its kind in use today or at any previous date. Here’s the situation: The home of Mr. Galloway, now occupied by Willie V. Galloway, a son, is located across a deep valley from the mail route—only about 250 yards as the crows fly, but they don’t carry the mail—and to walk to the mail box would neces sitate a total of about half a mile of leg work each day. Mr. Galloway didn’t like the idea of walking that far, and he constructed a carrier system, consisting of a heavy wire on which the attached mail box rides across the valley. When the mailman puts the mail into the box up on the road the box is re leased and it goes sliding down to the front porch of the home ready to be unloaded. Once the mail is taken out, a rehaul system com prised of a windlass and a double length of cord, takes the box back up on the road to the platform. A bell was installed in a box on the roadside, and the postman rang it when mail was delivered. This eliminated hauling in the box when there were no letters or papers or circulars or seed catalogs. So you want to stop walking af ter the mail? There’s how you can have it float right down to your front door. If you live up on a hill side above the mail route, just re verse the process and haul the box up with a windlass. It will go back by itself. And you won’t get your feet cold in the snow1—if it snows. Survey Shows Increased Hol iday Business For Tran sylvania Firms MERCHANTS STOCK UP According to an unofficial sur vey made by a Times reporter thitf week, approximately $215,000 or nearly a quarter of a million dollars will be spent in Brevard and Tran sylvania county during the month of December, with the principal amount of this to be parted with by Transylvanians between Decem ber 1 and Christmas Day. Un doubtedly, the volume of retail business in the county for the month of December this year will set a new record, largely to be ac counted for by increased payrolls and the-influx of one-time resi dents who will be back for the holi days fresh off the payroll sheet of defense industries. A break-down of the manner in which Mr. and Mrs. Transylvania will spend their Christmas holiday dollars, based on the proportionate business volume expected by the various divisional business houses in Brevard and the county, shows that a large percentage will go for food and clothing as usual, but hi both cases grocery and department stores will enjoy added business during the month for the reason that new suits and coats and the extras for the dining table always have the greater appeal during the holiday season. Drug and jewelry stores will probably enjoy the greatest volume of gift business during the month of December of any of the busi nesses in the county, though thousands of small gifts will be sold through local dime stores. Filling stations and automobile - Turn To Page Twelve REDS LAUNCHING COUNTER ATTACK Reportedly Have Driven Nazis Back Distance Of 60 Miles The Red army holding the North ern Caucasus approaches, has launched a counter-offensive which already has driven the Germans back more than 60 miles in some sectors above and to the west of Rostov, Soviet military dispatches reported. This major drive, which was said to be continuing, appeared to be endangering the rear of the south ern German forces that had broken into Rostov itself. German reserves have been hurled into a desperate but still indecisive struggle against the British in the Libyan desert, while in the broad Russian war theater the advancing German forces have taken several more towns in the Moscow defense belt, Nazi military - Turn To Page Twelve T. ED PATTON FOUND DEAD AT HIS HOME T. E. Patton, Sr., 71, well known Transylvania county citizen, was found dead in the barnyard near his home at Davidson River at noon Wednesday. He had reportedly gone to the barn to curry a mole. The cause of his death was not im mediately determined. He was the son of the late Eli and Mrs. M. A. Patton. Survivors include the widow, one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Easier, of Greenville, S. C., and three grand children. Funeral service will be held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Davidson River Presbyterian church. Interment will be in the Davidson River cemetery. DR. MEADE TO PREACH The Rev. George W. Meade, D.D., dean of Asheville college, will preach at the Brevard Presbyterian church next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, according to announcement by members of that church. Various ministers are conducting weekly services at the Presbyterian church until a minister is called.
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