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Trade at Home Boost Your Town —and— Your County < M «. —-—4 The Transylvania Times * A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County -— Transylvania County Entrance to Pisgah National Forest -----■■ ■■ —«■ ► Vol. 52: No. 3 BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1942 PUBLISHED WEEKLY TO LAUNCH $3,000 RED CROSS WAR RELIEF DRIVE HERE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Defense Savings Staff Fully Organized In Transylvania County PLANS COMPLETED FOR SCRAP METAL COLLECTION CHMAN. McMAHAN LISTS COMMITTEES IN THIS COUNTY Staff Will Promote Sale of Defense Bonds, Stamps For Duration IS NOT A “DRIVE” E. H. McMahan, chairman of the Transylvania county defense sav ings staff, on Wednesday announc ed that complete organizational work for the county staff had been completed and that the staff is ready to promote the sale of De fense bonds and stamps in every community for the duration of the war. He emphasized that there will be no “drive” to effect sale of the stamps and bonds, but that the duty of the county staff is to promote sales in general throughout the period of war. In announcing this new program in the county, Mr. McMahan point ed out that Defense stamps and bonds give every citizen a way to take a direct part in building the defense of America. He said that the success of the program will be measured by the number of men, women and children who serve their country by saving, and he emphasized that the Secretary of the Treasury has said repeatedly that his chief objective in this pro gram is to spread the cost of de fense as widely as possible among the American people. The committee, or staff, for Transylvania county is a part of a nationwide organization, Mr. Mc Mahan said, and the all important task of the local staff, as well as other staffs throughout the nation, will be to spread information about the Defense savings program. The committees, with their re spective chairmen and members, for the county organization are list ed by Mr. McMahan as follows: Publicity committee: Kin McNeil, chairman, Verne Clement, C. M. Douglas, B H. Freeman, and John Anderson; banking, building and - Turn To Page Ten Must List Taxes During The Month Ralph W. Lyday, county tax sup ervisor, urges all citizens of the county to list their taxes during the month of January, after which a penalty will be enforced. The tax books were in the hands of township listers up until the tenth of this month, but they have been called in to the office of the tax supervisor in the county court house now, where listings may be made during the remainder of the month. f The number of book titles issued in the United States last year was 11,328. W.M.U. MEET SET CALVERT CHURCH State Young People's Leader To Be In Charge Of Program Here On Tuesday, January 20, begin ning at 10:30 a.m. a conference of Transylvania W. M. U. workers will be held at Mt. Moriah-Calvert Bap tist church. Miss Mary Currin of Raleigh, state young people’s lead er, will be in charge of the pro gram. She will be assisted by Mrs. H. W. Baucom, divisional young people’s leader. This meeting will be especially helpful to officers of woman’s missionary societies and Y. W. A.’s and to all counselors of young people’s organizations. The conference will take the place of the regular quarterly meeting and at this time the super intendent and young people’s lead er of the Association will report on the past year’s work and present goals for the present year. Lunch will be served by the women of the Calvert church. Home Supervisor MRS. ELMA GOODELL, shown here, has come to the Transylvania county Farm Security Administra tion office as home management supervisor for the county. She re places Miss Estelle McElwee. JAVCEES REPORT A SUCCESSFUL YEAR Membership Drive Will Be Carried Out In The Near Future n.1 aii interesting dinner meet ing of the Brevard Junior chamber of commerce last Tuesday night, John Anderson, secretary, reported a successful year during 1941 and enumerated what the Jaycees have done for the town and county since the organization was formed nearly a year ago. S. E. Varner, Jr., presi dent, presided. Highlighting the program was the recognition of Jaycees soon to be inducted into army service. They are: Mack Allison, Jr., R. R. Bolt, Spud Carpenter, Ruel Hunt, Edgar Loftis, Bollin Millner, and Pat Pat terson. President Varner announced that a membership drive would be start ed right away and that the annual election would be held earlier this year. The next meeting, to be held on Tuesday night, February 10, will be visitors and new members night. A large crowd is expected. The organization took up other routine business matters and voted to extend thanks to the eight spon sors of the Jaycees’ New Year dance, and especially to Mrs. Frank McIntosh, the chairman. Should Pay Taxes For ’41 At Once Edwin A. Morgan, tax collector for Transylvania county, urges all citizens to come in and pay their 1941 taxes before February 1 in order to avoid the penalty which will be placed on all real and per sonal 1941 taxes after that date. A penalty of one per cent will be added in the month of February, with other penalties to be added later. DEFENSE ANGLE TO! BE EMPHASIZED AT! BREVARD COLLEGE! - | Revision Of Catalogued Cur- j ricula Planned For Sec- i ond Semester SEMI-PROFESSIONAL Beginning with the second se mester of the current school year, Brevard college will adapt certain parts of its curricula to the need j in the national emergency of ] training semi-professional and in- j dustrial workers, according to an-1 nouncement by college officials this week. The second semester will be gin on Monday, January 26. In the physics department, head j ed by Mrs. Ethel Chapin Morgan, a new course in physics planned I particularly with the national emergency in mind will be offer ed. The approach will be entirely different from that employed in regular physics courses, Mrs. Mor gan said, and will be designed to aid those students who may soon be going out into the world as semi-professional and industrial workers. Professor C. H. Trowbridge, head of the chemistry department, has also announced the addition of an elementary course in electri city which will be planned to meet the needs of industrial training and empLjun-'*'4 As a service to those students who did not avail themselves of beginning typing and shorthand the first semester, those courses will be offered again the second semes ter, according to Miss Grace Jack son, head of the department of business education. She pointed out that the department of business ed ucation at the college here had for several years given training in many of the courses which liberal arts colleges are rapidly changing to now in the face of the national emergency and, therefore, depart mental change would be little. Grady W. Campbell, head of the industrial division and for years an advocate of adequate industrial and semi-professional training in —Turn To Page Twelve Sea Food Market In New Building Mitchem’s Sea Food Market is now at its new home on West Main Street and friends and customers are invited in to see them at their new establishment. The business was moved last week. The Sea Food Market has a com plete stock of fresh vegetables, fancy and staple groceries, and specializes in sea food meats. WOODMEN WILL MEET An important meeting of the Brevard W. O. W. Camp will be held on Thursday evening, begin ning at 7:45, in the Woodmen Hall on Broad Street, Ralph W. Lyday, secretary, has announced. State Manager T. E. Newton will be present for the meeting. Expect $10,000 Be Raised For Institution On College Day Plans for boosting Brevard col lege’s self-help program by $10,000 during the current year were re vealed here Wednesday by Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president, when he an nounced that Brevard College Day will be observed in all churches in the Western North Carolina Meth odist conference on Sunday, Feb ruary 15, pursuant to a resolution adopted last October by the annu al Western North Carolina confer ence in Winston-Salem. On that day a free-will offering will be tak en in all churches of the confer ence, the collection to go toward defraying expenses of the college’s annual $25,000 student labor pro gram. Church leaders expect to raise as much as $10,000 on Bre vard College Day. Dr. Coltrane announced that a luncheon meeting of the Brevard college board of trustees, district committeemen for Brevard College Day, and officials of the college was held in Statesville Tuesday of this week, at which time final plans for the College Day were made. Rev. H. G. Sprinkle, chair man of the board, presided, and Bishop Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, was the principal speaker. Respon sibility for conducting the College i Day rest with Bishop Purcell and! the district superintendents, Dr. Coltrane said. He said that litera ture regarding observance of the College Day is being placed with all churches of the conference and that full cooperation has been pledged by ministers and laymen. + —— ■— - " ■—■—-—+ Employees Give A Day’s Wages To Red Cross Fund Jerry Jerome, vice chair man of the Red Cross War Relief drive in Transylvania county, reported Wednesday that the employes of the Citi zens Telephone company and Plummer’s department store are contributing one day’s wages to the War Relief fund. He commended the employ ees for their patriotic attitude in contributing so generously and said that he felt sure em ployes of other firms would want to make similar contri butions toward the $3,000 goal. ABD FORCE LAUNCH COUNTER ATTACK JAPS TARAKAN ISLE MacArthur’s Troops Beat Off Determined Japanese Thrusts In Batan ATTACK SATISFACTORY Dutch land and air forces went into action in Netherlands, British and American territory in the South seas yesterdify in a triple counteroffensive against the Jap anese on Tarakan Island, British Borneo and the Philippines. A Netherlands Indies army com munique said Dutch land forces, going into action on the Sarawak frontier in British Borneo, killed 18 Japanese troops, with the loss of only one Netherlander, missing and presumed killed. Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s men have beaten off two more “deter mined” Japanese attacks in Batan, the war department reported and IU. S. warplanes have sunk two I Japanese lighters in operations for defense of the Dutch East Indies. It appeared to independent ob [ servers that the number of Japan : ese planes was larger than usual and that anti-aircraft fire was | heavier. British planes struck at Japanese bases in Thialand yester | day and the Japanese bombed points in Burma, but the balance - Turn To Page Twelve MERCURY HITS LOW SATURDAY i The mercury played around the [zero mark last week end, finally hitting an official low of one be low zero on Saturday night or Sun day morning, the coldest weather experienced here this winter. Philip Price, weatherman at the City Hall, went around Saturday and had a few people guess what mark the mercury would hit Satur day night. Two people, Nell Miller and Holland Talley, guessed cor rectly. Others who guessed, toge ther with their guesses, were A. E. York, 2 above; J. A. Wood, 10 above; Jeff Freeman, zero; Joe Jenkins, 7 above; Mark Roberts, 12 above; J. W. Smith, 2 above; Ansel Hart, 4 above; “Mose” Mac fie, 6 below; P. B. Price, 2 below; B. H. Freeman, 5 above; C. F. Mis enheimer ,8 above; W. S. Price, 4 below; Mack Allison, Jr., 5 above; Herman Jordan, 3 below; Joe Poole, 5 below; Clyde Hamilton, 5 below; O. Bradley, 1 above; Lem Brooks, 3 below. Annual Meeting Set At Episcopal Church The annual meeting of the con gregation of St. Phillips Episcopal church will be held next Sunday morning at the regular 11 o’clock service. Purpose of the meeting is for the election of the vestry for the new year. All members are urged to be present for this important meeting. JANUARY 24 HAS BEEN SET AS DAY FOR COLLECTION Farmers Wholeheartedly Fa vor Giving Proceeds To Red Cross GOAL IS 100 TONS Julian A. Glazener, chairman of the Agriculture Workers Council, announced Wednesday that final plans have been made for the col lection of scrap iron and metals on the farms of Transylvania coun ty and that collection day has been set for Saturday, January 24, from eight o’clock in the morning until 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Goal for the county has been set at 100 tons, according to Mr. Glazener, who said that farmers were being urged to turn the pro ceeds from the sale of the scrap metal to the Red Cross war relief fund. Previously, it had been de cided to conduct the collection on individual payment basis, but Mr. Glazener said all farmers so far contacted had wholeheartedly agreed to turn proceeds over to the Red Cross. He commended the farmers for this patriotic attitude. To assist in the collection of metal, as well as to make the farm machinery repair survey, will be neighborhood committeemen, in eluding Land Use Planning com mittee members, members oi lue AAA committee, FSA committee, vocational students, civilian defense council, 4-H clubs, home demonstra tion clubs, and other voluntary community leaders. Farmers should gather their scrap metal at one central place for loading, he said. Mr. Glazener urged farmers not to pay attention to false representa tives who are reportedly going around collecting metal for the government. Farmers should be sure of the identity of a person, he said, before metal is given away. This week a moving picture which familiarizes folks with the - Turn To Page Twelve Silversteen Goes To Special OPM Meet Joseph S. Silversteen, president of the Transylvania Tanning com I pany and other industries here, I was called to Washington on Tues i day of this week for a meeting of ; the Office of Production Manage ment committees. Mr. Silversteen is a member of the special OPM committee dealing with leather and leather goods. PTA WANTS CLOTHES Request is made by the Student Aid committee of the P. T. A. for caps, coats, sweaters and shoes to be distributed by the committee to needy school children. Any one having such clothing is asked to notify the chairman, Mrs. Lester Martin, or any member of the committee, or leave them at Mr. Rufty’s office in the grammar school building. Tire Inspector W. H. PLESS, JR., above, has been named tire inspector for Tran sylvania county by the tire ration-1 ing board here. He will inspect mo torists’ tires to determine whether they need new ones. (Photo by Austin) WOMEN’S DEFENSE COUNCIL EFFECTED Mrs. O. H. Orr Is Chairman; Mrs. Fred Holt Assist’ ant Chairman Organization of a local chapter of the Women’s Home Defense Council was effected at a meeting held last week at the home of Mrs. S. A. Bullock, with the following of ficers elected to serve for the'dura tion of the war emergency: Mrs. Oliver H. Orr, chairman; Mrs. Fred Holt, assistant chairman; Mrs. Walter Hart, secretary. The office of the local chapter is located in the city hall building, with office hours to be observed from 9-12 a.m., and 1-4 p.m. Vari ous members volunteered to serve for registration on different days. Listed among the needs of the council for defense purposes are: Scrap paper, newspapers, maga zines, wrappers or paper bags. All those persons having any such supplies to contribute are asked to contact E. H. McMahan or Dr. i E. O. Roland, who in turn will have the packages collected by the Boy Scouts. It was also brought out at the meeting that Mrs. Ashe Macfie and her Girl Scouts will be glad to col lect books, new or old razor blades. The new razor blades will be sent to England for the soldiers, and the old blades and books will be used in U. S. defense projects, it was pointed out. An appeal was also made for do nation of cancelled stamps, which contain a high grade of dye used for medical purposes in a chil dren’s hospital in England. These stamps may be turned over to Mrs. J. S. Silversteen or other members of the Council. SIMS IS OUT WEST Eck L. Sims, World War veteran who recently enlisted for service with the Army, is stationed some where in the west at present. When last heard from he was in Chey 'enne, Wyo. Two Score Selectees Report For Exams; Will Fill Quota Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, clerk of the Transylvania county draft board, on Wednesday released a list of selective service registrants who reported on January 10 to the Army Examining Board in Ashe ville for physical examinations. The list, comprising 41 young men from among whom the next quota for this county will be filled, in cludes the names of the following: Ralph William Chappell, Ros man; James Albert Holden, Salem, S. C.; Roy J. Beddingfield, Oakland; Luther M. Holden, Brevard; Wal ter Austin Groome, Brevard, Route 1; Carl Cooper, Pisgah Forest; Wil liam J. Baley, Brevard; James B. Waldrop, Brevard, Route 1; Arthur M. Smith, Cedar Mountain; Wil liam M. Reynolds, Brevard; Ira A. Sisk, Rosman; Ruel S. Hunt, Bre vard; Frank Dotson, Pisgah Forest; Delos S. Orr, Pisgah Forest; Lee Francis Beatty, Brevard; Grady Lance, Brevard, Route 1; Alvin J. Patterson, Brevard; James B. Simp son, Brevard; Bollin M. Millner, Brevard; Frank M. Lance, Rosman; George Huston Crow, Rosman; Wil liam M. Owensby, Brevard; Arnold W. Batson, Balsam Grove; Ralph William Whitmire, Rosman; Win born L. Gash, Brevard, Route 2; Hall James Hensley, Pisgah Forest; Coleman E. Hogsed, Brevard, Route 1; George D. McCormick, Brevard, Route 2; Bert S. Cassell, Brevard, Route 1; Ed A. Nix, Brevard, Route 1; Charles B. Burrell, Brevard; An drew L. Williams, Pisgah Forest; —Turn Tt Page Twelve VICTORY DAY TO COMPLETE DRIVE ON NEXT MONDAY C. M.. Douglas Named War Relief Drive Chairman; Jerome Vice-Chmn. GENERAL MEET SET The Red Cross War Relief drive to raise Transylvania county’s quota of $3,000 will get under way Thurs day morning and will be concluded with a “Victory Day” final effort on Monday, January 19, according to C. M. Douglas who was named War Relief drive chairman at a special meeting of chapter officers last Monday evening. Jerry Jerome was named vice chairman for the special drive. Mr. Douglas said Wednesday that posters are being placed in all pub lic places and schools throughout the county and that everything is in readiness for opening the drive Thursday morning. Already sub stantial sums have been contribu ted by firms and individuals, he said, and the farmers of the county are planning to donate proceeds from the sale of scrap metals to the fund. On “Victory Day,” next Monday, “Dime Day” will be observed in the schools throughout the county, with Mrs. Ernest F. Tilson, chair man of the Junior Red Cross, in charge. A dime from each child, a dollar or more from each teacher is the goal in the schools, Mr. Doug las said. School children and scouts are collecting waste paper, proceeds i £jom the sale of which will go to ! uie War Relief fund, it was point ! ed out. The Woodmen Camp and I the Woodmen Circle at Rosman are j also gathering scrap metal to sell : in behalf of the War Relief fund. A number of Brevard merchants are making an appeal to give to the War Relief fund in this week’s issue of The Times. Their message will be found on page nine. Meanwhile, Joseph S. Silversteen, I chapter chairman, announced plans for the annual every-member meet ing of the chapter to be held on Monday evening, January 26, at the First Baptist church in Brevard, be ginning at 7:30 o’clock. Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, trustee of West ern Carolina Teachers college and former state senator from this dis trict, will make the principal ad dress. At the meeting a new executive council will be elected, and through j them election of chapter officers I and leaders will be effected by nomination for election by the gen eral meeting. AT THE HOSPITAL Patients reported on Wednesday to be in the Transylvania Commun ity hospital were: Mrs. H. E. Erwin Jr., and infant son born Sunday Jan uary 11; Mrs. A. H. Harris, Ernest Mitchell and Woodrow West. LEDBETTER INFANT WINS BABY DERBY Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ledbet ter’s Daughter Will Get Prizes Catherine Ledbetter, born on January 2, 1942, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ledbetter is the lucky winner of the awards offered by local merchants in The Times . 1942 annual Baby Derby. Dr. Julius Sader delivered the baby. Little Miss Ledbetter will receive a free portrait from Austin’s, a crib comfort from Belk’s, a gold ring from Parson’s, 14 quarts of milk from Nantahala Creamery, a box of nursery necessities from Long’s, a sweater from Patterson’s, and a Heinz baby gift assortment from Cash and Carry. The parents will receive a year’s subscription to The Times and 2 theatre tickets to the Co-Ed or Clemson theatre. Other babies born before Satur day, January 10, in this county were reported as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Clark, born on January 4, and Robert Melvin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Clay ton, born on January 5.
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