he 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. 6
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ECUSTA VOTES A BLANKET WAGE RAISE FOR EMPLOYEES
Transylvania Gets Ready
For New War Time On
Monday, February 9th
Breaking The
Political Ice
T. E. Reid Announces
For County Sheriff
Theodore E. Reid, Brevard busi
ness man, on Wednesday announ
ced his candidacy for nomination
on the Democratic ticket for the
office of Sheriff of Transylvania
county. He was the first man to
publicly announce for the ticket, |
subject to the coming primary.
A native of Transylvania county,
Mr. Reid was born and reared in
the Oakland section. He received
his education in the county public
schools and at Brevard Institute,
now Brevard college. He has been
in business in Brevard for the past
14 years, and is now manager of
the Houston Furniture company
here. He is a member of the Bre
vard Baptist church, the Kiwanis |
club, the Masonic Lodge, and is
treasurer of the Chamber of Com
merce. In addition, he is now serv
ing his second term as chairman
of the county board of education.'
In making announcement of his
candidacy for nomination, Mr.
Reid said: “I have no axe to grind
and promise that I would perform
the duties of the office to which I
aspire to the very best of my abil
ity, if I am chosen by the voters of
the county.”
MEADE WILL PREACH
Dr. George W. Meade, dean of!
Bible of Asheville College, will
preach at the Presbyterian church |
here Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. |
announcement was made yesterday i
by the church committee.
MISS MOORE VOTED I
AS ‘BEST CITIZEN’
Will Represent Brevard In
State Contest For Citizen
ship Pilgrimage
Miss Frankie Moore, daughter of 1
Lewis Moore of Brevard, has been |
chosen by the senior class and fac- j
ulty of Brevard high school as the i
school’s best citizen for the pres
ent scholastic year. The selection
was made in connection with the !
annual contest sponsored by the!
Waightstill Avery chapter of the j
Daughters of the American Revolu- j
tion. The national organization of,
the D.A.R. sponsors a statewide
contest in each state, selecting can
didates from every city and town
from whom will be selected a state
representative citizen to send to
the annual good citizenship pilgrim
age in Washington, D. C„ this
spring.
The honor conferred upon Miss
Moore by her felow students and
the high school faculty will entitle
her to represent Brevard in the
state contest as the “best citizen”
of the Brevard high school class of
1942.
Qualifications taken into con
sideration in awarding this honor
to Miss Moore include dependabil
ity, service, leadership, scholarship
and patriotism, based upon the full
four years attendance in high
school.
Bank Can Not Give
Service After Hours
The Transylvania Trust company
officials announce this week that
the banking institution is under
the Federal wage and hours law,
and that to abide by this law they
will have to discontinue giving
service to customers after closing
hours.
Inasmuch as considerable time
for work is required of employes
after closing hours, none of this
time in the future can be devoted
to serving customers, it was said.
Tallest president of the United
States was Abraham Lincoln, who
stood 6 feet, 4 inches.
All Businesses, Schools, Etc.,
Will Operate On New
Schedule
ISSUE PROCLAMATION
Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Transyl
vania were getting prepared this |
week to begin life all anew—come
next Monday, when daylight sav
ing time, or more appropriately,
War Time, will be in effect through
out the nation. Clocks will be set
forward next Monday morning at
2 a.m., but the majority of citizens
are expected to turn their time
pieces up an hour on Sunday eve
ning.
Meanwhile, all business houses in
Brevard and throughout the county,
as far as could be learned, are ready
to begin operating next Monday on 1
the new War Time, and, without
exception, no places of business
have signified that they would open
and close at later hours due to the
change of time. The national law
requires that the new time shall
be standard over the nation, but
business houses could open and
close at later hours.
Train schedules and mail deliv
eries will concur with the new fast
time, thereby eliminating much of
the trouble previously experienced
with daylight saving time. The Bre
vard post office and other post
offices in the county will operate
on regular schedule, the new time,
and deliveries of mail will be made
at the same hour as previously,
only on new time.
At a meeting of the county board
of education at noon Wednesday
the board voted to operate the pub
lic schools as previously, that is,
for opening and closing hours, but,
of course, on the new War Time.
School boards in some counties are
setting the opening class hour up
one hour in order to offset the
change of time, but J. B. Jones said
Wednesday that Transylvania pa
rents are almost 100 per cent in
favor of having opening hours re
main at the same time.
In cooperation with the Governor
of the State, Mayor Carl Hardin,
of Brevard, issued a proclamation
this week directing that all offices,
departments and agencies of the
towTn of Brevard shall operate on
the new time, after Monday morn
ing, February 9. All county offices,
departments, and agencies will also
operate on the new time.
In fact, on next Monday morning
the whole of Transylvania county’s
activities will be pushed forward
one hour.
George Washington received no
salary for his services during the
American Revolution.
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To Register All
Aliens In County
Brevard Postmaster T. C.
Galloway has announced that
registration of enemy aliens
in Transylvania county will
be carried out at the Bre
vard post office from Monday,
February 9 to Saturday Feb
ruary 28, inclusive.
The United States govern
ment requires that all aliens
of German, Italian, or Japan
ese nationality must apply at
the post office nearest their
place of residence for a certi
ficate of identification. Appli
cations must be filed during
the above period.
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AN EDITORIAL S
In this time of war, deceit and propaganda
run rampant along with the infiltration of fifth
column activities. No nook or corner of this
great nation of ours is absolutely certain that it is
free from the forces of those who would destroy
us and our ideals of democracy.
War, with all its accompanying privation
and disaster, can be made only worse, and decid
edly more dangerous, by the spreading of rumor
and unauthenticated stories which may be passed
along to us from time to time.
Let us here, in Brevard and Transylvania
county, continue to steer clear of all those rumors,
and associated activities, which would disrupt
the tranquil and orderly system of our ways.
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WILL CELEBRATE
VICTORY GARDEN
WEEK FEB. 9-14
All Agencies In County Are
Cooperating In Aim For
Victory Gardens
GARDEN FOR EVERYONE
Extension service and agricultur-'
al workers of all departments in!
this county were rapidly making
plans this week for the celebration j
of “Victory Garden Week” from
February 9-14 and were setting as
their goal one hundred per cent
enrollment of all farm families in j
the county. Heading the activities to
promote the planting of Victory
Gardens in this county is Julian A.
Glazener, county agent, assisted by
farm leaders of the county and by
workers in all allied agricultural
departments in the county.
Cooperating with the agricul
tural workers in the promotion of,
planting Victory Gardens are the!
leading garden and farm supply ,
firms in Brevard, who have pre- ]
pared master packages of seed for 1
sale at one time. The master pack-1
ages contain all seeds needed for j
growing a suitable garden for a,
family of five, and by buying the ;
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POSH SALE STAMPS
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Mrs. Arthur Whitmire, Mrs.
Perry Cheek, Officers
New Council
The special schools committee
of the Transylvania county defense
savings staff announced this week I
that promotion of sale of defense
stamps in the public schools of the |
county is being carried out rapidly
and that response among the thou- •
sands of school children is splen- ■
did. |
One school, the Brevard elemen- i
tary, was singled out by the com-1
mittee for special mention. Within 1
the past three weeks a total of
$792.90 worth of stamps have been *
sold among the pupils there. Sale |
of the stamps is being promoted by |
Principal J. E. Rufty and Miss
Agnes Clayton as head of the com-1
mittee, with all departments co- [
operating. A number of grades in j
the §chool are cooperating one hun
dred per cent, it was stated.
Sale of the defense stamps in'
other schools of the county is pro- ]
gresing fine, according to E. H. |
McMahan, chairman of the county
defense savings staff, and he said |
it was the hope of the county staff
to have all schools cooperating one
hundred per cent in the near fu
ture.
Practice Blackout To Be Held
In Brevard Area Near Future
Possibility of a practice black
sut in Brevard in the near future
was announced this week by mem
bers of the local blackout commit
tee, who said that the public would
be informed well in advance of the
time the blackout is to be held
When it is held, it will be only of
about fifteen minutes duration, the
committee members said.
In addition to the regular steam
whistle air raid warning system for j
announcing time for blackouts in
this area, the fire alarm siren in
Brevard will be used to augment
the whistles, the committee said.
The alarm for blackout will be a
long blast, fluctuating in intensity,
and the steam whistles as well as
the fire alarm siren will be used
to insure that all sections of the
town will be informed of the time j
for blacking out
Registration Slow
In Civilian Defense
An appalling lack of registra
tion for civilian defense work in
Transylvania county was report
ed this week by the civilian defense
council when figures were re
leased on total volunteer registra
tions during the recent weeks of
the campaign.
Mrs. C. M. Douglas has tabulated
and cross indexed all workers who
have signed for civilian defense
posts, arriving at a total of 547
persons. A breakdown of the group
reveals that 171 women, 317 men,
14 Negro women and men, 18
white school children, and 25 Negro
school children have registered in
the entire county.
The posts in which the registrants
offered to serve, together with the
number for each particular serv
ice, follow, the first paragraph per
taining to white volunteers:
Demolition, 32; electricians, 25;
firemen, 20; fire wardens, 10; first
aid, 134; food preparation, 130;
general volunteers, 62; military ex
perience, 33; nurses, 35; auxiliary
policemen, 47; plumbers, 44; so
cial service, 38; steam fitters, 22;
typists, 85; shorthand work, 40;
switchboard. 13: teachers, 49;
watchmen, 5; drivers, 23; and
clerks, 114.
The following services were of
fered among the Negroes; general
volunteers, 14; food preparation, 13;
typists, 1; nurses, 1; teachers, 1;
clerks, 1; and social service, 4.
An urgent appeal is still being
made by the local defense council
for civilian registration. Registra
tions are still being made at the
city hall in Brevard, and those who
have not yet registered may do so
there.
TAX STAMPS ON
MAJORITY CARS
By Wednesday of this week the
majority of cars on the streets in
Brevard and on the highways of
Transylvania county carried the
new auto use tax stamps, but there
were still a few not so decorated.
Deadline for buying the stamps,
if a vehicle was to be publicly op
erated, was Monday, February 2.
However, the Brevard post office
sold out of the stamps about 10
o’clock last Saturday morning, and
many motorists were unable to pur- i
chase them until Tuesday of this {
week.
No figures were obtainable on
sales throughout the county, but
Postmaster Galloway reported a i
sale of slightly more than 800 of
the use stamps. The stamps will
remain on sale through February.
Paper Should Be In
Containers, Report |
Dr. E. O. Roland, scoutmaster of!
Brevard Boy Scout Troop No. 1,
has announced that scouts will not
be able to collect scrap paper from
homes and places of business un
less the paper is placed in contain- j
ers of some kind.
He said it is almost impossible j
to handle the paper unless it is in (
some compact form.
President’s Ball
Is A Big Success
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The annual President’s Birthday
ball, held last Friday evening at
the Brevard Country Club, was re
ported as a huge success by Chair- j
man Ernest McFaul. *
However, a complete report is not
yet available, Mr. McFaul said.
Announces Candidacy j
THEODORE E. REID, above,
this week announces his candidacy
for nomination on the Democratic
ticket for the office of Sheriff of
Transylvania county, subject to
the Democratic primary. (Photo
by Austin).
| War 1
I Bulletins |
REINFORCEMENTS
ON THE WAY
SINGAPORE, Feb. 4.-Allied I
Generalissimo Sir Archibald P. Wa
veil declared today that Britain and
the United States are sending
“great reinforcements” tc the
Southwest Pacific battle area and
called upon his fighting men not to
retreat another step before the Jap
anese onslaught.
JAPS BOMBARDED
AT SINGAPORE
SINGAPORE, Feb. ^-Singa
pore’s artillery opened a heavy
bombardment of Japanese invasion
forces across the strait today and
Japanese planes kept up an al
most continuous bombing attack on
this besieged island.
REPULSES ATTACK
IN BATAAN AREA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. A local
attack on General Douglas MacAr
thur’s left flank on Bataan penin
sula the night of February 3 was
sharply repulsed, the war depart
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COUNCIL OF CLUB
WOMEN IS FORMED
Brevard Elementary School
Leading County In Buy- ,
ing Defense Stamps
At a recent meeting in the county !
home agent’s office in the post of- j
fice building here, a group of home j
demonstration club women, togeth
er with Miss Annabel Teague, home
agent, organized a County Council
of Club Women, which will act as
an advisory board to the home I
agent.
Mrs. Arthur Whitmire of the
Calvert-Cherryfield community, was
elected chairman of the Council.
Mrs. Perry Cheek, representing the
Pisgah Forest community, was
elected secretary and treasurer.
Members of the Council are Mrs.
Louis Johnson, Mrs. Alvin Hub
bard, Mrs. Claude Davis, Mrs. M.
C. Shipman, Mrs. Loonie McCall,
Mrs. U. G. George, Mrs. Perry
Cheek, Mrs. G. C. Sentelle, Mrs. Ada
Morgan, Mrs. Claude Ray, Mrs. Ar
thur Whitmire, Mrs. Judd Plott,
and Mrs. J. L. Gillespie.
Salary Of Employees Be
Upped About Ten Percent
PLANS COMPLETED,
FOR REGISTRATION!
ONMONDAY, FEB. 16
Registration Centers And 1
Chief Registrars Are
Named By Board j
HOURS 7 A. M. TO 9 P. M.|!
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Final plans have been formulated i;
by the Transylvania draft board,!1
and approval has been received j
from state headquarters, for the j
third, second major, registration j'
for the selective service draft on !
Monday, February 16, Mrs. Allie B.
Harllee, clerk to the board, an
nounced Wednesday. Hours desig
nated for the registration on that
day, as proclaimed by the President
and the Governor, are from 7 a.m.
to 9 p.m.
All men who attained their 20th
birthday on or before December
31, 1941, and who have not attained j
their 45th birthday on February 16,1
1942, must register a week from'
next Monday, unless, of course,
they have registered in one of the
two previous registrations. Approx-1
imately 1,150 men in Transylvania;
are expected to register in the third i
registration.
Registration centers, together
with chief registrars, have been
designated by the local board, as
follows:
County courthouse, J. B. Jones,
chief registrar; C. M Douglas, as
sistant.
Draft office, Broad street, chief
registrar, Mrs. Tom Mitchell.
City hall, chief registrar, Alex Ki
zer.
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COMMISSIONERS
EXTEND LISTING
The Transylvania county com
missioners, in regular meeting here
this week, voted to extend the time
for the listing of real and person- j
al taxes through February 14. The j
deadline for listing had been set for
February 2, but due to the fact1
that many citizens had failed to
comply, the commissioners voted
to continue listing through Febru-!
ary 14.
It was emphasized, however, that
the listing period will not be ex- j
tended beyond the above date, and 1
to avoid penalty for late listing all
taxpayers must list at the tax sup- j
ervisor’s office in the court house
before or on that date.
Also, at the meeting Monday the
commisisoners discussed the prob- i
able sale of the county home farm |
and decided that if the farm is not!
sold by April 1, 1942, Joe Bryson,
who was relieved of his duties as
caretaker on January 1 of this year,
will be reinstalled as caretaker.
Bryson is now employed by The
Transylvania Tanning company.
Other routine business was dis
cussed at the meeting.
BULLETIN
C. M. Douglas, chairman of the
Red Cross War Relief drive in, <
Transylvania, announced late Wed- i i
nesday that the drive has “gone1'
over the top,” and that approxi- i
mately $3,300 is already in hand. '
The quota for the county was set <
at $3,000. ]
All reports are not yet in, he
said, but complete reports are ex- '•
pected in next week.
Complete Plans For Poultry j
Short Course Here Monday'
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Final plans for the one-day poul
try short course for the counties of
Transylvania, Haywood, Hender
son, Buncombe and Jackson, to be
held at the Brevard high school
next Monday, have been complet
ed, Julian A. Glazener, county farm
agent, announces. Poultry leaders
from State College and the State
College extension service will lead
the discussion, and poultry raisers
in the five counties are urged to at
tend.
(1
| The program, to be conducted in <
the high school auditorium, will (
i open at 10 o’clock Monday morn- i i
ing, with a discfission on ‘ Some |
( Ways of Meeting Our 1942 Poultry i
j and Egg Quota,” by C. F. Parrish,, 1
! extension specialist. Other topics11
on the mot ning program include '
discussions on “Our Poultry Breed i
ing Work.” by C. H. Bostian; “Pro
ducing, Handling and Marketing cf
Poultry Products,” by T. T. Brown, j
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Annual Payroll Of Corpora*
tion Will Be Inctwd
Greatly
PRESIDENT COMMENTS
The Ecusta Paper corporation, of
Pisgah Forest, authorized a blanket
salary raise of approximately 10
Jer cent this week, according to
tfarry H. Straus, president. Every
me of the more than 1600 employ
ees of the cigarette paper manu
facturing firm is affected by the
raise which, it is estimated, will in
crease the corporation’s
payroll by approximately $200,000.
In commenting upon the whole
sale raise of wages for employees
)f the corporation, Mr. Straus said:
‘This is one of the corporation's
means of showing its loyalty to em
ployees, who have been very loyal
to us since operations began in
1939. We realize that costs of liv
ing have increased, and we have
voluntarily voted this wage increase
to help our employees defray the
added expenses which are coming
ap on every hand. We want our
employees to share in whatever
profits may be accrued by the
corporation, and we certainly shn
to take care of our employes in any
time of need.”
The wage raise was greeted with
enthusiasm by Ecusta employees
who, perhaps, constitute a third of
the population of Brevard. Many
af them publicly expressed their
gratitude for the corporation’s ac
tion. One employee said, "This
all came as a complete surprise, but
it only lends additional proof to
the well known fact that Mr.
Straus and other officials of the
corporation have the welfare of
employees at heart at all times.”
The Ecusta Paper corporation,
which manufactures high grade cig
arette paper from raw flax, pro
duces the majority of the domes
tic supply. Recently a $2,000,000
expansion program was completed
at the plant, which doubled its out
put capacity.
GIRL SCOUTS TO
HAVE COUNCIL
Mrs. Marion Newell Will
Speak Before Ladies Fri
day Afternoon
Mrs. Marion Newell, past com
missioner of the Girl Scout coun
cil, Greenville, S. C., will speak at
a meeting sponsored by the Bre
vard Wednesday club in the ladies
parlor of the First Baptist church
an Friday afternoon, beginning at
2:30 o’clock. Announcement was
made by the Wednesday club’s
Girl Scout committee, and all wo
men in Brevard who are interested
in promoting scouting and forming
a council here are urged to attend
the meeting.
Mrs. Newell, experienced in Girl
Scout organizational work, will
speak on subjects dealing with the
arganization of a Scout council
here. A special invitation is issued
:o all mothers of Girl Scouts to at
:end.
One troop, a standard registered
one troop of 20 girls, is already
arganized in Brevard. It is spon
iored by the Wednesday club and is
mder the leadership of Mrs. Ashe
Vfacfie and Mrs. Edwin English.
[t is the hope of the club that a
:ouncil may be organized in the
lear future.
The committee in charge of the
icout work is composed of Mrs.
lerbert Finck, Mrs. Keith Pooser,
drs. Alex Kizer, Mrs. Robert Kim
:ey and Mrs. Ralph Ramsey.
\uto Dealer Gets
Shipment Of Bikes
Despite the clamping down on
ales of new automobiles, one aut
omobile dealer in Brevard will
:ontinue to sell vehicles for travel.
)nly this time it’s — you guessed
t — bicycles.
This week McCrary Auto Serw
ce announces the arrival of a
arge shipment of ladies and gents
tikes to be sold at popular prices,
rhe pedal buggies are on display
it McCrary’s, on Broad Street
About 150,000 kernels of com
ire required to fill a standard-ebe
prain sack.