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Vol. 51; No. 49
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Merchants Welcome Buyers Through Shopping Edition Of The Times
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Jolly “Saint Nick” To Arrive In Brevard Saturday Morning |
! Shown here is an artist’s conception of Santa Claus, the idol of millions of children throughout the !
world, riding fast and furious on his sleigh pulled by his mighty reindeer. Santa, in person, is scheduled j
to arrive in this countyseat town on Saturday morning of this week, and the Mayor will officially welcome
him on the courthouse lawn at nine o’clock Saturday morning. He will be here all day Saturday to aid in
the opening of the Christmas shopping season, and parents are urged to bring their children into town
j to see him. He will leave a special treat for them.
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ALLEGED GAMBLING
DEVICE OPERATORS
GET COURT FINES
Scheduled To Begin Trial Of
Civil Cases Thursday
Morning
Criminal actions in the Decem
ber term of Transylvania superior
court which opened here Monday
morning were scheduled to be dis
posed of by late Wednesday and
the civil docket entered Thursday
morning. Judge F. Donald Phil
lips, of Rockingham, is presiding,
and Clarence 0. Ridings, of Forest
City, is handling the prosecution
for the state. *
Highlight of the criminal docket,
which was composed of minor act
i ions, was the trial of a number of
operators of Transylvania county
business establishments who were
charged with operating alleged
gambling devices, the uevices de
signated as slot machines md tip
boards. Approximately dozen
operators of places of business were
fined $50 each and the cost, mak
ing a total of approximately $75
each.
The charges were preferred
against the operators of the alleged
gambling devices after local offi
cers made a raid on business places
late last summer in an effort to
stamp out the operation of such de
vices in the county. The raid or
der was written out by the super
ior court judge at a previous term
of court.
Civil actions are expected to be
cleared by early next week.
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AID GROUP WILL
SEND GREETINGS
Bundles For Britain Chapter
To Greet English Queen,
Children
The local campaign for a “Christ
mas greeting to Britain’s Queen
and a Christmas for Britain’s chil
dren” was announced today by
Mrs. William P. Jordan, chairman
of the Bundles for Britain Com
mittee here.
The campaign will continue un
til December Thirteenth.
The local drive is part of a na
tional effort to secure one million
signatures—and contributions — to
be delivered to Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth, to bring Christmas cheer
to the bombed children of Britain.
At the conclusion of the cam
paign the sheets of signatures will
be sent to national headquarters of
Bundles for Britain in New York
where they will be bound into
leather volumes and forwarded by
air—together with a check for the
amount of money collected—to the
Queen in Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth will dispense the
money as she sees fit.
Three layettes and one robe were
included in this week’s shipment.
The seed of the avocado pear
yields indelible ink.
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JUNIOR RED CROSS GIRLS HAVE SEWING PROJECT
A group of Junior Red Cross girls, under the direction of Mrs. E. F. Tilson, Junior Red Cross
chairman, have recently completed a number of dresses in a sewing project. The girls, of Brevard
high school, are shown in this picture displaying some of the dresses they have completed. Mrs.
Tilson may be seen at left rear. (Times Staff Photo).
ENLARGED COLLEGE
EFFORT SUCCEEDING
Committee And College Of
ficials Report Fine Pros
pects In Work
The campaign to raise a fund of
$425,000 for Brevard college is be
ing well received all over Western
North Carolina, according to mem
bers of the campaign committee
and Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
the college. Much unpublicized
work has been done in Asheville
and other centers, they said, andj
the results so far are very en- j
couraging.
A number of conferences with
small groups, held recently, have
resulted in better understanding as
to the needs of the college and
promises of aid from unexpected
sources, they stated. A dinner j
meeting at the S and W cafeteria in I
Asheville last Thursday evening
was well attended by ministers,
laymen and some members of the
board of trustees of the college, j
There was a similar meeting in J
High Point last Saturday. Other j
such meetings are scheduled, one'
at Charlotte on Friday afternoon of
this week.
President Coltrane, who is at
tending all of these conferences,
reports increasing interest in the
college and that there is a fine
prospect for substantial support as
the campaign continues.
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| Fuller Made AAA j
I Agent In Brevard j
Joh/iny Fuller, formerly
with Hayes Motor company,
has accepted the manager
ship of the Brevard branch
of the Carolina Motor club, it
was announced here Wednes
,, day, and he will have the
1942 automobile license on
sale by Saturday of this week,
he stated. His office will be
located at Tinsley’s Gulf sta
tion on Broad street just
across from the post office.
In addition to the handling
of automobile licenses, Mr.
Fuller will be prepared to
take care of all official Caro
lina Motor club business, in
cluding the selling of mem
berships for the organization.
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Eversman To Appear
In Violin Concert
John Eversman, well known
American violinist, will present a
concert in the auditorium at Bre
vard college on Tuesday evening,
December 9, beginning at eight
o’clock, according to announcement
by college officials. The violinist
is being brought here by the col
lege, and admission will be free.
Mr. Eversman is an honor grad
uate of the Cincinnati college of
music and has had outstanding suc
cess as a concert violinist.
Many Firms Here Join Red
Cross One-Hundred Per Cent
Jerry Jerome, chairman of the
Red Cross Roll Call in the business
section of Brevard and at Ecusta,
announced here Wednesday that a
number of business houses in Bre
vard have joined the Red Cross
this year with a full 100 percent
membership. Others, he said, are
expected to follow in the near fu
ture, and the drive will be com
pleted at an early date.
Business houses joining 100 per
cent to date include Patterson’s,
Macfie Drug company, Hayes Motor
company, McCrary Auto Service,
Varner’s Drug store, Plummer’s,
Ford’s Comer, Farmer’s Federa
tion, Western Auto store, Transyl
vania Trust company, Transylvania
Times, Clemson and Cc-Ed thea
tres, Houston Furniture company,
Duke Power company, The Grill,
The Canteen, the A&P stores,
Belk’s, B&B Feed and Seed com
pany, Long’s and Brevard Drug
company.
The county wide Roll Call will be
completed soon, with only remain
ing work to be done in the resi
dential section of Brevard, it was
announced.
SAFETY LECTURES
HEARD IN SCHOOLS
Walter Y. Hosier, of Char
lotte, Speaks On Safety In
County Schools
Waler Y. Hosier, of Charlotte, a
specialist in child safety, lectured
to the pupils of Brevard, Rosman,
Little River, Pisgah Forest and
Enon of this week, J. B. Jones,
superintendent of county schools,
announced.
Mr. Hosier brought out in his
lectures that records show that
some 18,000 school children are
being killed annually by accidents.
He urged the cooperation of all in
the reduction of this staggering
figure, and he distributed booklets
setting forth some outstanding
facts in regard to safety.
The service of the safety expert
in the schools here was made pos
sible through the generous contri
butions of a number of business
and industrial concerns in the
county, Mr. Jones said. He said
that many favorable comments had
been made on the lectures by prin
cipals, teachers, pupils and par
ents.
City Aldermen In
Meet Here Monday
The city board of aldermen of
Brevard met in regular session at
the City Hall last Monday evening,
together with the Mayor Dr. Carl
Hardin, and secretary, Alex H.
Kizer.
Regular business matters were
taken up by the municipal group,
including details regarding the dis
position of industrial waste at cer
tain industrial plants..
Quarterly Meet Of
Rosman Circuit Set
The first quarterly conference of
the Rosman Methodist circuit will
be held at Oak Grove Methodist j
church next Sunday afternoon at
three o’clock, it has been announc
ed here.
The Rev. M. T. Smathers, D. D.,
superintendent of the Asheville
district, will preach. Immediately
following the services he will pre
side at the business session.
Merchants In Brevard To Open The
Christmas Shopping Season Saturday
Morning; Mayor Will Welcome Santa
FIREMEN PUSH
TOY GATHERING
FOR CHILDREN
Clemson Theatre Will Pre
sent Movie, “Wyoming,”
For The Cause
ORGANIZATIONS AID
Members of the Brevard fire de
partment are fast gathering good
used and new toys for distribution
to needy children throughout the
county at Christmas time this year,
and C. F. Misenheimer, chairman,
stated Wednesday that much in
terest was being shown by groups
and individuals in the county and
that generous contributions are be
ing made in cash and in good used
toys.
The riangement of the Co-Ed
and Clemson theatres is cooperat
ing in the movement to obtain toys
for needy children by presenting
a movie at the Clemson theatre
here next Saturday morning at
10:30 o’clock, admission to which
will be one good used toy or a new
toy. The movie will be “Wyom
ing,” starring Wallace Beery, and
all children in the county are cor
dially invited to attend the show.
Last year and in previous years
workers at the various industrial
plants have contributed generously
in cash to help the firemen buy
new toys and nuts and candies for
children. It is expected that they
will contribute to the fund again
this year.
The Kiwanis club has already
voted a cash donation which the
firemen will use to purchase toys.
Other civic organizations in the
town and county may also vote
contributions to the worthy cause,
it was stated.
The firemen will go over all of
the used toys received and will put
them in good condition for distri
bution on the night of the Christ
mas party.
WILL CONDUCT
SAFETY SCHOOL
Dr. Walter Cutter, a representa
tive of the North Carolina state
highway safety division, will con
duct a Safety Institute at Brevard
College on Friday of this week, ac
cording to announcement by J. B.
Jones, Transylvania county super
intendent of public schools.
Mr. Jones said that county super
intendents from all Western Caro
lina counties have been invited to
attend the institute. In addition,
principals, teachers, and other in
terested citizens from over this
section of the state are also wel
come to attend.
Set Demonstration
Meet On Thursday
The county home demonstration
agent, Miss Annabel Teague, will
give a demonstration on inexpen
sive Christmas cakes on Thursday,
December 4, at 2 o’clock in the af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Perry
Cheek in the Pisgah Forest com
munity.
All interested persons are invit
ed to attend the demonstration.
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Times Is Giving }
Theatre Tickets j
Today The Times is con- j
ducting a novel Christmas j
gift plan whereby dozens of j
free tickets to the Co-Ed j
theatre are being given away j
absolutely free. 1
In the advertisements of 1
this issue of The Times will I
be found the names of Tran- j
sylvania county people. Read j
all of the advertisements !
carefully, and when you dis- !
cover your name, bring the j
advertisement in which it ap- I
pears into the office of The j
Times and you will be given j
a ticket to the Co-Ed theatre, i
Names must be brought in by }
noon Saturday of this week, j
Names printed in the ad- |
vertisements were chosen im- j
partially in alphabetical or- I
der from the post offices on ]
the mailing list of The Times. ]
DENTAL CLINICAL *
WORK PROGRESSES
Total Of 510 Children In
Public Schools Have
Teeth Examined
Dr. W. Y. League, dental clinic
ian from the State Board of Health,
Raleigh, who is in Transylvania
county conducting dental clinics at
the public schools, reported yes
I terday a total of 510 children had
been examined to date in the
schools at Pisgah Forest, Silver
steen. Balsam Grove, Montvale,
Lake Toxaway, and Quebec.
Itemized data on the clinics are
as follows: total number of chil
dren treated, 275; total number of
children referred to local dentists
for treatment 235; number of fill
ings made, 156; teeth extracted,
179; children’s teeth clean, 275;
number lectures on oral hygiene,
14.
Dr. League will carry out dental
work in the schools here for the
next five weeks. His work is spon
sored by the State Board of Health
in conjunction with the county
Board of Health.
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[Welfare Department
Receives Good Coats
The county welfare department
announced Wednesday that Win
ner’s store in Brevard had given
the department a collection of
trade-in coats in excellent condi
tion.
Members of the welfare depart
ment stated that they were glad to
receive the coats, due to the in
creasing need for coats for distri
bution. They announced that all
coats taken in at Winner’s as trade
ins will be turned over to the wel
fare department.
During the first 10 months of
1941 the U. S. Navy commissioned
two battleships and launched two
more; commissioned one aircraft
carrier; launched five cruisers;
commissioned 13 destroyers and
launched 15; commissioned nine
submarines and launched 12.
Red Army Has Germans On
The Run; British Set Back
The German rout from Rostov is
continuing unabated after five
days, with the Red army steadily
pursuing the retreating Nazis on
that southern front, the Soviet in
formation bureau reported yester
day in a communique broadcast
over the Moscow radio.
Other Soviet radio advices said
the Germans, falling back towards
Mariupol from Rostov, were in a
flight so headlong that in most
areas the pursuing Russians were
unable to keep contact with them.
The British imperial army of
Northern Libya, its strongest line
breached by a junction of German
armored forces and its southern
anchor of that line at Rezegh fal
len, fought furiously with rein
forcements being landed by the
royal navy to smash the strong axis
concentration thus formed.
The imperial encirclement of the
forces of the Nazi commander Gen
eral Erwin Rommel had been brok
en by the reckless and repeated
tank charges of his 15th tank divis
ion which, at last and at great cost,
had smashed through at the lower
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COMPLETE STOCK
HOLIDAY WANTS
ARE ON DISPLAY
Mayor Hardin To Welcome
Santa At Courthouse At
Nine Saturday
TO TREAT CHILDREN
The 1941 Christmas shopping
season will officially open in Bre
vard next Saturday morning, when
the doors of Brevard merchants
will be thrown open to Mr. and Mrs.
Transylvania with an invitation to
do their Yule tide season buying
from stocks that are complete in
every detail.
Early Christmas stock has been
supplemented by late purchases in
order to insure the latest gifts and
holiday wants for the buying pub
lic, and the windows and interiors
of Brevard establishments have
been gayly decorated in the holiday
spirit to welcome buyers to the
buying center of Transylvania.
As a special treat for the chil
dren, and grown ups as well, old
Saint Nick, or Santa Claus as he
is known to millions of children,
will be here in person to send the
shopping season off with a bang.
He will spend most of the day next
Saturday on the streets here, pay
ing his respects to the adults, talk
ing with the kiddies about their
Christmas ^’ants and treating them
out of his own special holiday bag.
He was scheduled to arrive here
Friday morning, but owing to other
engagements was unable to reach
here before Saturday morning at
nine o’clock, when he will be of
ficially welcomed to the town by
Mayor Carl Hardin. The welcome
greetings will be extended to San
ta on the courthouse lawn, and
parents are urged to bring their
children in to meet him then.
As a part of the Christmas shop
ping season program, the streets of
Brevard are to be gayly decorated
in holiday theme. The decorations
are to be erected by a group of stu
dents from Brevard colege and will
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COUNTY REJECTS
ALL FARM BIDS
Property Placed In Hands Of
Real Estate Agents
For Disposal
In regular meeting here last
Monday morning the Transylvania
county board of commissioners
opened sealed bids received up un
til that date on the county farm
which has been advertised for sale.
The commissioners rejected all
bids and voted to place the prop
erty in the hands of real estate
agents in Brevard in an effort to
effect disposal.
Average amount offered in the
bids was not revealed, but all were
considered too low. The county
farm is located on the Bosnian
highway about three miles from
Brevard.
Other routine business matters,
including approving disbursements
for the month, were taken up at
the meeting.
DRAFT OFFICIAL
TO VISIT HERE
Major Thomas H. Upton, assist
ant to the state director of selective
service, Raleigh, will visit the Tran
sylvania county draft board on Fri
day of this week, according to Mrs.
Allie B. Harllee, clerk to the local
board. A. H. Harris, O. H. Orr,
and D. H. Winchester, board mem
bers, and A. F. Mitchell, appeal
agent for the board, will meet with
Major Upton at the board office on
Broad street Friday morning, it
was stated.
Several official coordinators
from the headquarters for selective
service have visited the board here
at different times, Mrs. Harllee
stated, but this will be Major Up
ton’s first visit.