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Transylvania
County
Entrance to
Pisgah National
Forest
Vol. 52: No. 2
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
To Launch Scrap Metal Collection Drive On Farms Here
T
HIGHLIGHTS
of
Transylvania
County
New* Of 1941
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Jan. 9—Southern Railway peti
tions to stop passenger service be
tween Hendersonville and Lake
Toxaway.
Jan. 13—C. M. Douglas sells Tran
sylvania Times to Ed M. Anderson,
of West Jefferson.
Jan. 30—Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr.,
boosted by local citizens for post
of highway commissioner.
Feb. 8 Railway passenger serv
ice between Hendersonville and
Lake Toxaway is discontinued.
Feb. 13- Transylvania County
Boy Scout district is organized.
March 6 -$58,000 elementary
school building at Pisgah Forest
is authorized by W. P. A.
April 3—Brevard Junior Cham
ber of Commerce is organized, with
S. E. Varner, Jr., as president.
April 10—A. H. Harris, incum
bent, not candidate for Brevard
Mayor; Dr. Carl Hardin enters race.
May 1—County high schools at
Brevard and Rosman graduate to
tal of 177.
May 1—Dr. Carl Hardin elected
Mayor of Brevard over Randal W.
Everett; A. M. White elected May
or of Rosman.
May 1—Movement revealed for
removing Brevard college to Win
ston-Salem, or other Piedmont city.
May 22—Transylvania County
Medical Society is formed, with Dr.
B. F. Cliff as president.
► May 30—Brevard's $75,000 post
office building is dedicated.
June 10—Brevard college grad
uates 117 students at regular com
mencement exercises.
June "") Lodge No. 632 of Loyal
Order of Moose is instituted here,
with 120 charter members.
Jply 31—Ecusta president sees
possibility of growing flax in Tran
sylvania and Western North Caro
lina.
Sept. 4 Second drive to raise
$15,000 for community hospital is
opened.
Sept. 11.—Thirteenth Field Ar
tillery, of Fort Bragg, spends two
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Fullbright In The
h Army Air Corps
Earl Fullbright, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W ,P. Fullbright, of Brevard,
last month enlisted in the U. S.
Army and is now stationed at Kees
ler Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, ac
cording to information received
here. He is in the Army Air Corps.
Young Fullbright, well-known
local young man, was formerly em
ployed at Ecusta.
FUNERAL SET FOR
G. E. KELLAR, 62
Well-Known Transylvanian
Died Suddenly At Rosman
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral service will be held
Thursday afternoon at three o’clock
at the Oak Grove Methodist church
for G. E. Kellar, 62, well-known
Transylvanian and foreman at the
Gloucester Lumber company plant,
Rosman, who died suddenly of a
heart attack while on duty in the
lumber plant about three o’clock
Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. Mr.
Tysinger, of Canton, will officiate,
and interment will be in the Oak
Grove cemetery.
A native of Canada, Mr. Kellar
came to Transylvania county in
1919, and since that time has been
actively engaged in the lumber bus
iness. He was also widely known
as a religious leader in the county,
and at the time of his death he was
pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist
church in Brevard. He had been an
employe of the Gloucester Lumber
company for several years.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
James McGowan, of Akron, Ohio; a
daughter, Mrs. J. E. Ray, of Miami,
Fla.; two sons, Paul, of Brevard,
and Robert, of Miami, Fla.
Pallbearers will be James Jones,
Exie Vick, Branch Grogan, Claud
Stroup, “Babe” Stroup, and Char
les Gant.
Moore-Trantham are in charge
of arrangements.
All Citizens Are Urged To Register For Civilian Defense This Week End
HOPE TO COMPLETE!
REGISTRATION THIS
WEEK END, REPORT
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Registration Officers At City |
Hall, College, Rosman,
And Ecusta
ALL SHOULD REGISTER
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An urgent call for volunteer reg-1
istration in the home defense coun- j
i oil’s committee for home service .
| was made here yesterday by mem-1
bers of the county civilian defense!
j council, and at the same time plans i
for making a whirlwind drive for '
registration on Friday and Satur ■
I day of this week were announced.'
j The council emphasized that the I
, services of every able-bodied citi |
| zen would be needed in some type J
of home defense work and, there j
; fore, it is imperative that every
; citizen of the county register for
i one or more duties. There may be
; no immediate call upon citizens to
perform civilian duties, but the
council wishes to have organization
complete in order that the town
and county may be ready for any
j emergency.
Mrs. O. H. Orr, volunteer work
| ers and service committee chair
: man, stated that the volunteer reg
istration office at the city hall in
Brevard would be kept open on
Friday and Saturday, hours from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and it was the
hope that registration would be
completed. She emphasized that cit
i izens should register at the office
for registration nearest their
j homes. Offices are being ma
j ed at Brevard college, Fcl sta, and
Kojina.., in addition to the office
here, she said. Every effort will be
| made to complete registration on
Friday and Saturday, and this calls
for everyone’s cooperation, she con
: eluded.
I Meanwhile, at a meeting of the
1 civilian defense council in the post
office building last Friday evening,
! further organization of the coun
! cil was reported, and committee
chairmen announced the appoint
ment of several additional mem
bers on their respective commit
tees. Dr. G. B. Lynch, chairman of
the emergency medical service com
mittee, stated that he planned to
elicit the service of local camps as
| additional hospital facilities. He
: said that he expected to set up a
dozen casualty stations in the coun
ty, with maps designating these sta
tions to be made in the near fu
ture.
J. M. Gaines, chairman of the
blackout committee, reported that
group leaders have been appointed
| and that methods for conducting
j blackouts are being studied.
Ecusta Employes To
Get New Bus Service
New bus service between Bre
vard and Ecusta for Ecusta em
ployes will be offered, beginning
this week end, according to an an
i nouncement elsewhere in this issue
of The Times by E. V. (Scott) Dill
ingham.
The bus will make four round
trips daily between Brevard and
Ecusta and will pick up passengers
on both Broad and Main street.
Headquarters for the bus service
is being established at Tinsley’s
Gulf station on Broad street, across
from the post office building.
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Number Enter In
Times Baby Der by
The Times’ first annual j
Baby Derby got under way j
on January 1, but no entrants i
filed until Friday morning, j
January 2, and as far as has
been learned the first entrant I
is still in the lead. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Ledbetter, of Bre- i
vard.
Several other entrants
have filed, and it is expected
that more newly boras will
be reported before the clos
ing date of the contest, Satur
day, January 10.
A number of merchants are
offering prizes to the lucky
winner of the Derby. The of
ficial winner will be announ
ced next week.
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correodor Isle
IS STILL HOLDING
STIFF JAP ATTACK
Japanese Forces Push For
ward On Malayan Front
At Heavy Cost
BUDGET PROGRAM
The war department said Wed
nesday defenders of the Philippines
are withstanding continuous bomb
:ng and machine gunning on their
light front west of Manila.
The fortifications on Corregi
dor Island, at the entrance of Man
ila bay, and defenses on nearby
Batan peninsula were bombed again
for several hours yesterday, and
the war department said the ex
tent of damage and casualties has
not yet been determined.
Japanese armored forces pushed
forward on the West Malayan front
at “a terrible price” in casualties,
war dispatches said in reporting a
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ECDSTA WORKERS
TO RECORD TIRES
Police There Work Out Uni
que System To Track
Down Tires
Always apace with the needs of
the times, the Ecusta Paper cor
poration’s police department, head
ed by “Buck” McCall, is anticipat
ing what will be one of the results
of the present tire rationing and
shortage: A greatly increased theft
of tires.
As a safeguard against Ecusta
employes losing their automobile
tires, the police department there
has asked each employe who owns
an automobile to submit to them
the tire size, make, and serial num
bers. They will place this record
on file under the owner’s name, it
was pointed out, and, in case of
theft, recovery of the tires will be
comparatively easy.
The police department at Ecusta
emphasized that this was not an in
dictment against the community
just a safeguard against roving
thieves who might be in need of a
spare tire.
It Really Happens
Finds A Friend Through Times
We’re at a loss to start with. Be
cause this is one of those “you see
' it was this way” stories which never
! make any sense to anybody but the
J person who is telling it, who in
evitably remembers everything
about it but the parts that make a
i logical story of it. Anyway, chifely
because it’s a plug for The Times,
we reproduce it for you.
It was this way, at least partly
this way: Mrs. H. C. Harrison, form
er Brevard resident, moved to Port
land, Oregon. She renewed her sub
scription to The Times, and her
name was forthwith carried in the
Honor Roll. A subscriber in Den
ver, Colorado—and now it’s getting
complicated—sent Mrs. A. H. For
dyce, a sister of Mrs. A. O. Kitchen,
living in Portland, Oregon, a copy
of The Times that had Mrs. Harri
j son’s name on the Honor Roll list.
I As fate and Mrs. Fordyce would
have it, Mrs. Fordyce glanced
I through that copy of The Times
land saw her friend’s name—that’s
[right, Mrs. H. C. Harrison—in the
Honor Roll, with accompanying
address of Portland, Oregon.
We struggled through that, and
the rest is easy. Mrs. Fordyce sat
down and wrote The Times for
Mrs. Harrison’s Portland address
It was forwarded to her, and the
latest we hear is that Mrs. Fordyce
had Mrs. Harrison over for dinner
the other evening.
| Just like old times!
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Tire Board Chairman
Transylvania motorists will be j
seeing a lot of Randal W. Everett, I
above, chairman of the county tire j
rationing board, who, along with
the members of the board, J. O. j
Wells and H. N. Carrier, will de I
termine who gets car and truck j
tires during the current rubber!
shortage.
SMATHERS NAMED
DEALER FOR IHC
Will Service Farm Machin
ery, Sell New, In Western
Counties
Paul P. Smathers, well-known
Transylvania engineer and inven
tor with shops on the Henderson
ville highway near Brevard, has
been appointed dealer for the In
ternational Harvester company in
Transylvania and counties west of
here in this state.
Mr. Smathers will handle new
farm equipment put out by the
International Harvester people
and will be prepared to service and
j repair all types of farm machin
j ery. The latter will be very impor
i tant this year, Mr. Smathers point
ed out, since little new farm ma
chinery will be available this year.
Mr. Smathers pointed out that
farmers should check their needs
for repairs now and make orders
for parts at once. He said it would
require at least 90 days to obtain
these repair parts after they are
ordered.
McMahan is on
DEFENSE STAFF
E. H. McMahan, local attorney,
has been informed from the state
headquarters of the Defense Sav
ings Staff that he has been appoint
ed chairman of the Defense Savings
Staff in Transylvania county. Pur
pose of the organization is to pro
mote sales of defense stamps and
bonds, Mr. McMahan said.
Organizational work on the coun
ty staff is already under way, Mr.
McMahan announced, and members
of the staff will be announced next
week.
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Snow Blamed For
Car-Train Crash
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Transylvania county’s first
snow of the season last Sat
urday afternoon was blamed
for the collision of an auto
and a Southern Railway
freight train at a crossing
near Cherryfield, six miles
from here. Ernest Mitchell,
26, driver of the car, was in
jured in the accident, receiv
ing a shattered right leg and
cuts about the head and face,
with possible internal injur
ies. He was reported resting
well at the community hos
pital Wednesday afternoon.
Mitchell said falling snow
prevented his seeing the
train.
The Saturday snow was
light, less than an inch, but
it paved the way for colder
weather. A low of 12 degrees
was recorded by Phillip
Price, weather man, on Tues
day morning. Lowest temp
erature of the season was re
corded on December 4—11
degrees.
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BUCKNER RENAMED
CHAIRMAN OF BOY
SCOUT UNIT HERE
Executive Committee And
Committee Chairmen Are
Listed For *42
MORE TROOPS PLANNED
C. E. Buckner, chairman of the
Transylvania County Boy Scout
council for the last year, has been
unanimously re-elected to serve an
other year by members of the coun
cil. Vice-chairman, named to serve
with Mr. Buckner, is Charles F.
Moore.
Members named to the 1942 exec
utive committee of the Boy Scout
council include John Anderson,
Rev. E. P. Billups, Pete Eberle,
L. P. Hamlin, Lloyd O. Hughes,
Jerry Jerome, Seldon Jones, Frank
Kerber, Randall Lyday, E. H. Mc
Mahan, Donald Lee Moore, H. E.
Newbury, J. E. Rufty, James Smith,
Walter Straus, Rev. B. W. Thom
ason, Ernest F. Tilson, Jack Tran
tham, Ralph Wedge, Roland Wil
bur, and troop scoutmasters, Dr.
E. O. Roland and Harold Norwood.
Committee chairmen have been
selected as follows: Organization
and extension, Rev. E. P. Billups;
cubbing, Frank Kerber; finance,
Randall Lyday; advancement, E. H.
McMahan; health and safety, H. E.
Newbury; senior scouting, J. E
Rufty; camping and activities,
Ralph Wedge; leadership and train
ing, Roland Wilbur.
Progress of the past year was
reflected in a report made by the
council chairman, Mr. Buckner
During the past 12 months, or since
the district was organized in March
1941, scouting has been advanced
considerably in the county. He
pointed out that at that time there
was one scout troop with 25 mem
bers. Today there are three scoul
troops with a total of 59 members
Four courts of honor have beer
held since organization, in which 21
scouts were promoted to tenderfoot
19 to second class, 14 to first class
5 to star, and 3 to life. One hun
dred merit badges have beer
awarded, he said.
Mr. Buckner said that the coun
cil hopes to organize three new
troops in the county in the neai
future. He also stated that more
effective organization would be
sought in 1942, laying especial em
phasis upon the fact that in the
past scouting had been conducted
pretty much along play lines bui
that now, with America at war
scouts will learn to fit themselves
to the emergency program.
Ready To Begin
Red Cross Drive
Joseph S. Silversteen, chairman
of the Transylvania chapter of the
American Red Cross, announced
Wednesday that the drive in this
county to obtain the war reliei
quota of $3,000 will be launched
the first of next week.
Mr. Silversteen said that already
liberal contributions had been made
to the fund and that he was con
fident the quota could easily be
reached through the cooperation
and help of all Transylvania citi
zens in this very important contri
bution to the national defense ef
fort.
Leaflet Handing
Out Now Solved
Transylvanians had the so
called religious leaflet distri
bution here last week cleared
up all right for them—by the
FBI.
W. W. Harris, Jr., 59, was
arrested by Hendersonville
authorities last Saturday eve
ning and lodged in jail there,
charged with distributing the
leaflets and attempting to
raise a rebellion against the
, United States.
I On Monday the FBI inves
: tigated Harris and freed him,
i according to a report from
Hendersonville officers. They :
considered the evidence in- j
sufficient, it was stated.
Local officers had traced
the source of the leaflets to
Harris.
CPT APPLICATIONS
BEING TAKEN NOW!
IN SPRING COURSE1
Fall Semester Primary Flight
Students To Graduate
This Week
GRADS MAKING GOOD
Grady W. Campbell, head of the
industrial division at Brevard col
lege and ground instructor and co
ordinator in the civilian pilot
training program, yesterday an
nounced that applications will be
i received from no\ until the mid
die of this month for enrollees in
the spring semester primary course
j in civilian pilot training offered
I jointly by Brevard college and
| Meyer Flying service at Henderson
ville. The spring semester course
will begin about January 15. Mr.
Campbell said that ten students
enrolled for the fall semester pri
mary course and that the same
quota would be accepted for the
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MRS. GOODELL ON
FSA STAFF HERE
She Replaces Miss McElwee
As Home Management
Supervisor
Mrs. Elma Goodell, a native of
Little Switzerland, in Mitchell coun
ty, has come to Brevard as home
management supervisor in the
Transylvania office of the Farm
Security Administration. She re
places Miss Estelle McElwee who
was recently transferred to Ashe
ville as district supervisor.
Mrs. Goodell is widely experi
enced in the field of home man
agement and supervision. She is a
graduate of Davenport college, Len
oir, and Battle Creek college, Bat
tle Creek, Michigan. She also at
tended the New York School of
Interior Decorating. Her profes
sional experience includes work
with the Tennessee Valley Author
ity, a representative for Gas Com
pany home services, and a member
of the staff of the Home Economics
Service corporation of New York
City.
Retired Yet?
Tire Rationing Board In Action
One for the doctor, two for the
law—that sounds nursery-rhymish,
but it’s just about the way new
tires for cars and trucks will be
dispensed in Transylvania county
for the duration of the war, or at
least until the rubber shortage has
been cleared up.
The tire rationing board nomin
ated previously has been appoint
ed by Governor Broughton, and
they have already held their first
meeting. Chairman is Randall W.
Everett, with H. N. Carrier and J. I
O. Wells as members of the board, j
Transylvania county has been
granted an allotment of 9 automo-!
bile and light truck tires, with 81
tubes, and 27 truck and bus tires, |
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with 23 tubes, for the month of
January.
An inspector will be appointed,
it was announced, to determine
whether new tires are needed by
car and truck owners, but the
board will determine who gets
tires. Approximately 25 per cent of:
the month’s quota will be sold each :
week, and those receiving tires
will be announced publicly. Appli j
cations may be secured at garages i
and filling stations which handle!
tires.
The board will meet each Mon
day and Thursday night at the coun
ty commissioners’ office from 7 to
8 o’clock and applications will be|
considered at those times.
FARM MACHINERY
REPAIR SURVEY TO
BE CARRIED OUT
Scrap Iron, Metals Are Es
sential To National De
fense Production
FARMERS TO BE PAID
Preliminary organization was ef
fected for the collection of scrap
iron and metal on farms through
out Transylvania county at a meet
ing of the Agricultural Workers
Council in the office of the county
agent at the post office building
last Monday evening. Preliminary
plans were also made for pushing
the farm machinery repair pro
gram in the county in the interest
of national defense. Principal
speaker for the organizational
meeting was Tal H. Stafford, of
Asheville, district vocational agri
culture supervisor. Julian A. Glaz
ener, county farm agent, presided.
Mr. Stafford outlined the back
ground, problem and solution of
the collection of scrap metal and
of the farm machinery repair sur
vey. He pointed out that it is ab
solutely essential that all county
farmers make an immediate sur
vey of the repairs to their machin
ery which will be needed during
the current year and place orders
at once through their dealers. He
emphasized that dealers would not
be able to supply farmers with
parts on a minute’s notice as in the
past. As much as three or four
months will be needed to get or
ders through.
Going into detail about the col
lection of scrap metal on the farms
in this county, Mr ^taffrYxI stated
need of all scrap iron and other
metals which are to be obtained,
but he emphasized that farmers
should not sell anything for scrap
which can be utilized on, the farm
or in the home. It would be foolish,
he said, to sell something- and then,
a few months later, have to go buy
new pieces in their place.
Although complete plans for
conducting the machinery repair
HIGH BOWLER
The Ecusta bowling team in the
Tri-City league defeated A-G Stores
of Asheville, second ranking team
in the league, in Asheville on Tues
day night by the score of 2 to 1.
Leading the local team was Wal
ter Straus, who bowled the high
est set score of any man in the
league. His total score was 637
pins.
MAKING PLANS FOR
PRESIDENT’S BALL
President’s Birthday Ball Be
Held At Country Club
January 30
that the government
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According to an announcement
this week by Ernest McFaul, chair
man of the committee for the cel
ebration of the President’s birth
day, there will be a President’s
birthday ball in Transylvania coun
ty at the Brevard Country club on
Friday night, January 30.
It was pointed out by the na
tional chairman, McFaul stated,
that this year, regardless of the
vast amount of money being spent
for war materials, the ball should
be a greater success than ever be
fore because the work of the great
health agencies of the country
must go on as a part of our total
national war effort. In the Presi
dent’s own words: “Strong chil
dren make a strong community, and
strong communities make a strong
nation.”
“To make this year’s celebration
of the President’s birthday one of
the most historic events in the
records of this county and country,
we are asking every man, woman
and child in this community and
all communities to participate in
this great tribute to our Command
er in Chief,” Chairman McFaul
said.
Assistant chairman for the ball
in Transylvania county is Miss Ho
berta Bryant. Committees and other
arrangements for the ball will be
announced later.