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Santa Gaus Is Scheduled To Return To Brevard Saturday Morning The Transylvania Times A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County Jr VoL 51: No. 51 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941 PUBLISHED WEEKLY Civilian Defense Council Completes Organization In Transylvania College Here Adapts Program To Defense Needs COMMITTEES ARE NAMED AT SCHOOL WORKOUTSYSTEM Production, Conservation, Morale Groups Report Defense Plans MEETINGS ARE HELD The administration of Brevard college is fast taking steps to adapt its functions to the interest of na tional defense and to place opera tion at the institution on a strictly conservative basis, according to a report released Wednesday morn ing by Lloyd O. Hughes, business manager. Dr. E. J. Contrane, president, called a meeting of the faculty last Thursday morning when initial ten tative plans for cooperation in the defense effort were proposed and three committees named from the staff to study the possibilities of production, conservation and mo rale at the college. At a meeting Tuesday night the committees pre sented their formal reports to the faculty and administration, and they were unanimously adopted. The committee on conservation, headed by Mr. Hughes, reported suggestions for saving in electri city, fuel, tools, paper, water, food, gasoline, rubber tires, books and ineiais, all of which are directly or indirectly related 'o the optional defense effort, they points 'out. The tuimnittee recoiiiinewuePJ^i^t immediate steps be taken to in sure conservation of these items. The production committee, with G. H. Farley, instructor in agricul ture, as chairman, issued four per tinent suggestions, including the adoption to the curricula at the beginning of next semester a prac tical course in physics, the setting up of a Red Cross workroom on the college campus to be operated by campus volunteers, that all available resources be used to best advantage, and that plans be made at once for the maximum food for-defense production on the col lege farm C. H. Trowbridge, vice president of the college and chairman of the committee on morale, reported that his committee advocated the adop tion of effective activity or activi ties on the campus which would tend to build morale. He also re ported that consideration is being given to additions to the curriculum in the form of short courses, as emergency medical service, first aid, nursing, and certain techniques and fundamental theories in scien ces or industries. Other meetings will be called from time to time to carry out the revised program, it was announced. Methodist Program Planned At Church l White Christmas service will be held at the Methodist church at 9:45 a m. next Sunday, with an ap propriate program planned by each department of church school, it has been announced. Each person is requested to bring an article of food, or cash. The food will be distributed by the welfare department. Morning worship will be held at 11 o’clock and evening service at 7:30 p.m. < ———-———-—•+ Monday Shortest Day Of The Year Next Monday, December 22, the sun will rise later, set earlier, and generally be quicker about what it does than any other day in the year. For next Monday will be the shortest day of the year, 1941. Old Sol will be out next Monday for exactly eight hours and forty-seven min utes, rising at 7:05 and set ting at 4:52. The weather forecast for the day calls for rain in most of the Southern states. Pisg&h Forest School Building Under Construction Shown here is the site of which the new Pisgah Forest elementary school building is being con-1 structed just off the Ecusta highway. The foundation has already been laid, and the native stone work I is now being erected. Construction work is being done by the W. P. A., and the building is being jointly I financed by the county and the W. P. A. (Times Staff Photo) ! _ _ ____ TO OPEN OFFICES FOR VOLUNTEERS I ■*. O, H. Orr Announces slices At City Hrlil, Col lege, Ecusta Mrs. Oliver H. Orr, chairman of the volunteer office and women’s division service committee of the county civilian defense council, an nounced here Wednesday that vol unteer offices are being opened Friday morning of this week at three places in the county and that others are scheduled to be opened later. Offices are to be opened Fri day at the City Hall in Brevard, at the administration building at Brevard college, and at Ecusta. One will be opened at Rosman at an early date, Mrs. Orr said. Office hours will be maintained from nine o’clock in the morning until 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Orr announced that the types of work which women may enroll for now include sewing, knit ting, air raid warden service, mes senger service, nurse’s aid service, medical corps service, fire watch ers, rescue squad work, emergency food and housing corps, auxiliary police, auxiliary firemen, serve in bomb squad, demolition and clear ance squad, and repair work. She said other branches of service would be added from time to time as the need arises. I COUPLE NEEDING HELP A number of local citizens have ; reported the urgent need of food j and clothes of an elderly couple , who live in the country near Bre I vard. They are reported in desti-1 tute need at this time, and a num-1 j her of citizens are soliciting clothes i and food for their needs, j Those wishing to give something j to this family may leave it at the ! Walker Insurance agency on Jor i dan Street, it was stated. Merchants Well Stocked For Last Week Shopping i GIRL SCOUTS TO SING ON DEC. 24 Members of the Brevard Girl ! Scouts, under the leadership of Mrs. Ashe Macfie and others, will [ sing Christmas carols on the court house lawn here on Christmas eve, it has been announced. The carol singing will begin at about 6:30 on Wednesday evening, December 24, it was stated. Mrs. H. R. Bobst and Alvin Moore have been asked to assist in lead ing the singers. Others who may wish are also invited to help with the program. Carrying out the impressive Christmas spirit, small candles will be lit and carried by the carollers. - I Christmas Holidays Given For Schools Christmas holidays will begin here this week end for students at Brevard college and for pupils en rolled in the public schools of the county, according to announcement from college officials and J. B. Jones, county superintendent of schools. The Yule holidays begin at noon Thursday at the college, and class es will be resumed at the institu tion on Monday morning, January 5, at 7:30 o’clock. County public school children will attend class for the last time this year on Friday afternoon. Claswork will be resumed on Mon day morning, January 5. Naval Air Stations at Corpus Christi, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida, have libraries of 20,000 ' books for officers and men. jPisgah Chemical Company To | Start Operations Here Soon A plant which will manufacture ! strategic chemical materials which ; prior to the outbreak of the war 1 had been imported is now being i constructed at Penrose and will be | in operation in the near future, it j has been learned here. Name of ' the concern is the Pisgah Chemical company, and it has been chartered as a corporation with a total author ized capital stock of $100,000. Officers and stockholders are Denton Anderson, president, Alan Smith Kipping, vice president and treasurer, and E. H. McMahan, lo cal attorney, treasurer. Approximately two acres of land has been purchased by the corpor ation at Penrose 7 miles North of here on U. S. Highway 64, and the building which will house the plant is nearing completion. Ma chinery and equipment are now be ing installed, it is undrestood. Mr. Anderson told The Times that the exact nature of the com pounds to be manufactured could not be disclosed at this time but that they will be strategic materials essential to industry in this coun try. » i War Shock Subsiding Here; Merchants Expecting Heavy Trade Now SANTA WILL RETURN i i The initial shock of the outbreak of war in the Pacific has subsided! here, and merchants are prepared for one of the biggest Christmas buying seasons in many a year, with volume of the trade expected i ' to be done this week end. Merch ants report that the first few days after war was declared business was slightly off, but now it is gain ing back its normal stride for this | season of the year. Stocks Complete Brevard merchants are prepared for the last-days shopping for which so many Christmas buyers usually wait. Although there has been a heavy drain on Christmas season merchandise since early this month, j nearly every business house in town still has a complete line of goods suitable for gifts and holi day wants of individuals. However, a number of merchants pointed out the shoppers would do well to do their buying during this week at the latest in order that they may be assured of obtaining the very things they want. Old Man War prevented Santa from returning to Brevard and Transylvania last Saturday, but —Turn To Page Eight | COUNTY DISTRICT SCOUT MEET SET Annual Meeting To Be Held At Methodist Church Here Thursday The annual meeting of the Transylvania District of the Dan iel Boone Council of the Boy Scouts of America will be held at the Brevard Methodist church on Thursday evening of this week, be ginning at 7:30, according to an- j nouncement by A. W. Allen, scout | executive. The annual district meeting is! the business meeting for all regis-1 tered Scouters, and others interest-1 ed, held for the purpose of making plans for the new year and for the election of officers and members of the district committee. A feature I of the meeting Thursday evening will be an address by one of the outstanding Scouters of the Coun cil, Mr. Allen said. All men interested in boys are invited to attend, and Mr. Allen emphasized that Scouting, now more than ever, has a job to do. 26 JAP FLAMES ARE DOWNED BY ARMY FIGHTERS Japanese Smash Into Rich Oil Fields On The Bor neo Coast SOVIETS ROUT NAZIS U. S. army bombers destroyed 26 Japanese planes and fired fuel supplies in a heavy attack yester day on the beach head which the Japanese established last week at Vigan on the Luzon West coast, 200 miles from Manila, army head quarters announced yesterday. The announcement followed swiftly on an official disclosure that submarines of the U. S. Asia tic fleet had gone into action for the first time in the 11-day-old war with Japan, scoring successes, the details of which were not immed iately divulged. Japanese expeditionary forces smashed into three points on the oil-rich North Borneo coast Wed ncsday in a new flanking threat to Singapore, but British defenders applied a “scorched earth” policy in the oil fields and took up strong defensive positions. The invasion, coupled with an increasingly serious Japanese drive southward from Thailand close to Penang in Malaya, tested to the limit the ability of the allies to de fend the key Singapore naval base, but officials expressed confidence that it could be held. Lieut. Com. Kengo Tominaga said in an interview published by the newspaper Nichi Nichi today that probably 20 United States sub marines were operating in waters in the vicinity of Japan. These submarines are in position to resort to guerrilla tactics against [Japanese vessels, said Tominaga, an officer of the naval press sec tion of imperial headquarters. A foreign office commentator | ■ said yesterday that the British gov-1 ernment was “in touch” with Por tugal on reports that the Japanese had occupied the Portugese Island of Macao off the China coast near Hong Kong and intimated that Portugal might be involved in the ! war if the reports proved true. The Soviet government announ ced the rout of six German divi sions from strategic Kalinin, which was recaptured, and said that Vysokoe, 40 miles to the west, also had been recaptured in the central front counter offensive. Episcopalians Plan Yuletide Services The customary Yuletide services will be held at St. Philip’s Episco pal church, as announced by the rector, Rev. Harry Perry. The midnight service will be held at 11:30 o’clock Wednesday night, Christmas eve, which will be fully ! choral. An invitation is extended j by the rector to people of all de I nominations to attend this serv ice. On Christmas morning at 10:30 o’clock, Holy Communion service will be held at the church, in charge of the rector. Enlists In Navy Spencer Macfie, above, popular local young man who was a mem ber of the Naval Reserve, has en listed for active service with the Navy and is now stationed at Hampton Roads, Virginia. He was the first married man from Tran sylvania county to enlist in the Navy after the outbreak of the war in the Pacific. (Photo by Austin) PAXTON TO BEAD MASONIC LODGE Dunn’s Rock Officers To Bej Installed At January Meeting A. M. Paxton, Jr., of Rosman, was 1 elected Worshipful Master of ■ Dunn’s Rock lodge at the annual i election of officers held last Fri- j day night at the regular December j communication. Other officers elected included: j L. P. Beck, senior warden; D. R. j Boyd, junior warden; A. N. Jen-1 kins, re-elected treasurer; and J Henry R. Henderson, re-elected secretary. Elective and appointive officers will be installed at the regular communication on Friday night, j January 9, at 8:00 o’clock in the Ma [ sonic hall on Broad street. Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge de gree team will go to Cashiers Thurs day night and confer the Second section of the third degree on three candidates as a courtesy to Glen- J ville lodge. Christmas Service At Baptist Church White Christmas will be observed at the First Baptist church next Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock service, announcement has been made by the pastor, Rev. B. W. Thomason. Members of the church will bring gift packages for the Baptist orphanage at Thomasville. Merchants To Stay Open Until 9 P. M. Beginning Friday of this week, Brevard business houses will stay open evenings until 9 o’clock through the Christmas shopping period, it is understood. Although all merchants have not formally announced the extended business hours, it is thought that most of them observe the late clos ing hour for the benefit of the heavy shopping rush Miss Harllee’s Letter Gives Sidelights About West Coast A sidelight of the war as it af fects residents of the West Coast j was revealed here this week when | Miss Myrtle Harllee, daughter of j Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, local draft [ board clerk, wrote to her mother j about conditions in Los Angeles, j Cal., where she is employed by a! large corporation. Miss Harllee’s letter said in part: “I have joined the Women’s Am bulance and Defense Corps of America and have been attending j classes at the Los Angeles college two nights a week. We had a ‘black out’ tonight, so I was delayed in getting home. We had a total 'black-out’ last night (Dec. 10), as I I there were unidentified planes over the vicinity.” In commenting upon the situa tion on the West Coast, Miss Harl lee said: “The situation here is quite serious because of the num j ber of airplane factories close to I the sea, and the fact that there i are about 25,000 Japs living in Los Angeles county.” Miss Harllee urged her mother not to worry about her. Near the end of her letter she said: “Now ! please don’t worry about me. As I wrote you in my previous letter, I plan to come home in the spring —unless I’m in the midst of a good fight and it gets too exciting to leave.” HARDIN APPOINTS COMMITTEEMEN ON BREVARD COUNCIL Urgent Appeal Is Made For Volunteer Workers In Civilian Life TO MEET EACH WEEK The county civilian defense council has completely organized its facilities here in preparation for any war-time emergency, and the chairman, Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., announces a number of appoint ments made at a meeting of the group last week end. Mayor Carl Hardin, who is chair man of civilian defense activities in the town of Brevard proper, named Ralph Fisher, commander of the local post of the American Legion, chief air raid warden for the town. Other appointments made by the Mayor included John W. Smith, chairman of the fire pro tection committee; B. H. Freeman, chairman of the police protection committee; Dr. G. B. Lynch, chair man of the emergency medical service for the town; Don M. Jen kins, chairman of the emergency public works committee; J. M. Gaines, chairman of the emergency utilities committee; and the fol lowing members of a committee for the protection of industrial plants and public building: W. M. Melton, Geo. W. Wheeler, R. R. Fisher, D. E. Culver, Alex Kizer, and Ralph W. Lyday; J. B. Jones, chairman of the education com mittee. In announcing appointments on the various committees in town, the county council issued a call for volunteer workers and stated that volunteer workers in the women’s division are especially needed at this time. The American Legion held a meeting Tuesday night here at which they divided Brevard into four sections for air raid protec tion. Ralph Fisher announced the following appointments of chief air raid wardens for the various sections of Brevard, North Bre vard, Pisgah Forest, Ecusta and Rosman: W. J. Wallis, South sec tion; Fred Kilpatrick, West sec tion; J. A. Crisp, North section; John Hudson, East section; John J Rufty, North Brevard; F. Brown ! Carr, Pisgah Forest; Raymond Bennett, Ecusta; and Austin Hog sed, Rosman. Regular weekly meetings of the county council will be held each Thursday evening at 7:30 in the County Agent’s office in the post office building, it was announced. Junior Red Cross Drive A Success The Junior Red Cross drive in Transylvania, under the direction of Mrs. Sarah K. Tilson, has gone over the top this year, with all of the schools in the county cooperat ing in the drive. A total of $62.55 was contributed by the school chil dren. Principals of the various schools acted as chairmen in col lecting the money. Schools contributing included Brevard high and elementary, Ce dar Mountain, Connestee, Little River, Pisgah Forest, Selica, Roa man high and elementary, Balsam Grove, Lake Toxaway, Montvale, Quebec, Silversteen, Penrose, Ro senwald, Glade Creek. 4» Times To Publish Christmas Edition The Times in a special Christmas Edition will be published early next week and is scheduled to be placed in the mail early Wednesday morning, December 24, in or der that all local subscribers may receive their paper by Christmas Day. This special Christmas Edi tion will carry holiday greet ings from business houses and individuals in Brevard and Transylvania. All copy for this edition must be in The Times office by late Mon day afternoon. Cooperation of merchants and correspon dents in this matter will be greatly appreciated. ►
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