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Vol. 52: No. 8
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Civilian Defense Classes
At College Are Continued;
First Aid Work Completed
War
Bulletins
AMERICAN FIGHTERS
STRIKE HARD BLOWS
BATAVIA, N. E. I., Feb. 18 —
American fighter planes and bomb
ers aiding in the all important bat
tle for the Dutch East Indies have
struck damaging blows at Japanese
aircraft and invasion forces in
Southern Sumatra, the Allied
Southwest Pacific command an
nounced today.
Indies defense forces, meanwhile,
brought down five enemy bomb
ers out of a force of 21 planes
which attacked the vital United
Nations naval base at Soerabaja in
two waves this morning. The news
agency Aneta reported the raid
did little damage to the base and
caused only a few casualties. The
alarm lasted an hour and three
quarters.v
CHINESE TROOPS
INVADE THAILAND
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Chinese
troops have invaded Thailand
while “heavy fighting” is raging
on the Bilin river front to the south
in Burma, the All-India radio said
today in the broadcast of a Ran
goon communique heard by CBS.
The communique said that ac
cording to “a report as yet uncon
r firmed” the Chinese troops on the
North Burma front had crossed the
Thailand frontier and were battling
toward Chiengmai, 300 miles north
of Bangkok and terminal of a rail
road which has been conv#»rrd
a base for Japanese operations.
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
SHELLING GERMANY
LONDON, Feb. 18.—Russian war
ships were reported to have shelled
German land positions on both ends
of the long front today.
It was problematical whether
the daring bombardments still were
going on. Dispatches from the
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JOHNSON TO PREACH
The Rev. E. Ashby Johnson, of
Richmond, Virginia, will preach
next Sunday morning at the eleven
o’clock service at the Brevard Pres
byterian church, anouncement has
been made.
All members are urged to attend.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
MAKING POSTERS
Ladies' Committee Promot
ing Poster Contest For
Defense Savings
The ladies’ civic organizations
committee of the Transylvania
county defense savings staff has
begun work on a county-wide school
poster contest to help promote the
sale of defense bonds and stamps,
according to announcement by Mrs.
O. H. Orr, chairman of that com
mittee.
Work has already started in the
Brevard high and elementary
schools, and some of the creative
effprts of the pupils in the two
schools are now being placed on
display in various places in town
and over the county.
Mrs. Orr said Wednesday that no
prizes are being offered in this
contest and that it is merely a
chance for the school children to
do , their bit toward the national de
fense effort. She said that the pos
ter work would be carried into
every school in the county during
the course of the year, in order
that every school child may have
an opportunity to participate.
Members of the special poster
committee are Mrs. Lehman Kapp,
Mrs. Fred Holt, and Miss Annie
Jean Gash.
Woodmen Planning
An Open Meeting
There will be an open meeting of
the Brevard Camp of the Woodmen
of the World and the Woodmen
Circle on Thursday evening, Febru
ary 19, beginning at eight o’clock,
it bas been announced by Ralph
Wk Lyday, secretary.
A program -af «Qtertai&atent ha*
been planned, and refreihmenta
will be served.
Large Crowds Attending In
struction Periods At
Institution
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
The first series of civilian de
fense classes at the Brevard col
lege civilian defense school were
concluded last Friday evening upon
the completion of five 2-hour
classes in First Aid. Instructors in
the classes were Miss Sadie North,
Dr. Julius Sader, Leonard W. Rob
erts, Carl M. Gross, and Luke Har
rison. More than 100 people were
in attendance for the 10-hour
course.
Another series of classes is un
der way at the college this week,
designed for both general and par
ticularized instruction in civilian
defense work. On Monday evening
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., chairman of
the county defense council, spoke
to a general assembly at the col
lege on the subject of local defense
organization and control centers.
On Tuesday night two hours of
general instruction about poison
gas and gas masks was given by
T. K. Chamberlain, assisted by W.
C. Bangs, Fritz Merrill, and George
Chastain, Ecusta employes. H. E.
Newbury, Ecusta safety director,
also participated in the discussion.
On Wednesday evening the 2
hour class period was taken up
with the discussion of fire preven
tion, under the supervision of John
W. Smith. Brevard fire chief. A
demonstration was given on the
control of the incendiary bomb, as
used in modern warfare for ignit
ing industrial and fuel centers.
The Thursday evening class per
iod will be divided between instiuc
£ion in fire prevention and fire
lighting and general instruction rel
ative to the air raid warning sys
tem. Ralph R. Fisher, chief air
raid warden, is in charge of the
latter.
The last period of the week, Fri
day evening, will be taken up with
general instruction on blackout
work in connection with air raids.
The county blackout committee
will be in charge of this discussion.
SQUARE DANCE
SET BY P. T. A.
The Brevard Parent-Teacher as
sociation will sponsor a square
dance at the Brevard Country Club
on Saturday evening of this week,
from 9 to 12 o’clock, according to
announcement by Mrs. E. L. Happ,
of the organization.
The dance will feature a box
lunch at intermission time. Ladies
are asked to bring a box lunch,
sandwiches, etc., and at intermis
sion the boxes will be sold at a
nominal sum to the gentlemen. The
men will share the meal with the
respective ladies who prepared the
boxes.
Committees in charge of the
square dance include Mrs. John
Hudson, music; J. E. Rufty and
Kin McNeil, publicity; Mrs. John
Hudson and Jack Alexander, tick
ets; Mrs. Jerry Jerome, box
lunches; E. L. Happ, door; and
Jerry Jerome, cake walk.
A small admission charge will
be made for the dance.
SMATHERS TO PREACH
Dr. M. T. Smathers, district sup
erintendent, will preach at the ele
ven o’clock Sunday morning serv
ice at the Brevard Methodist
church, Rev. E. P. Billups, pastor,
has announced.
It is estimated that 90,000,000
persons attended basketball games
in this country last year.
IN THE NEW LIBRARY ROOM AT ECUSTA —
One of the recent additions at the Ecusta Paper corporation, Pisgah
Forest, for the benefit of employees, is the installing and equipping
of a library, a section of which is shown in this picture. Hundreds of
books have been shelved, and reports state that an average of 45
books a day are being loaned to employees. Miss Justine Williams, li
brarian, is shown in back center, standing. (Times staff photo)
Dispel Rumor Of Hiking
Sugar Prices In Brevard
TO OBSERVE DAY
OF PRAYER HERE
Members Of All Churches In
Brevard To Attend Spec
ial Service
Annual World Day of Prayer
service will be held Friday after
noon of this week at 2:30 o’clock
at the Brevard Methodist church.
Members of four denominations of
the town will participate in the
program and attend the service,
which will last one hour, members
of the committee in charge an
nounced.
The t^iinc, “Ihe Way of Life,”
will be emphasized in the program,
which will be in charge of Mrs. C.
E. Buckner, of the Methodist
church, Mrs. T. K. Chamberlain, of
the Presbyterian church, Mrs. Bart
Charles, of the Baptist church, and
Mrs. D. G. Ward, of the Episcopal
church. Other members of the dif
ferent churches will assist on the
program, included in which will be
a vocal solo by Mrs. H. R. Bobst.
The service is open to the pub
lic, and it is expected that a large
number of representatives from the
different churches will be in at
tendance.
The World Day of Prayer observ
ance is called all over the country
for February 20 by the National
Council of Churchwomen.
RITES ARE SET
FOR HART CHILD
Funeral service will be held on
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the First Baptist church here for
Wanda Sue Hart, 2-year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hart who
died at the home here Wednesday
morning at 10 o’clock after a very
brief illness. Rev. B. W. Thomason,
pastor, assisted by the Rev. E. P.
Billups, will officiate. Interment
will be in the Glazener cemetery
near Brevard.
Survivors include the parents and
two sisters, Jane Ann and Billie.
Osborne and Simpson are in
charge of arrangements.
The oldest fighting force of Eng
land, the militia service, dates
back to the days of King Alfred.
BANK TO BE CLOSED
The Transylvania Trust com
pany will be closed all day on Mon
day, February 23, in observance of
George Washington’s birthday
which occurs on Sunday, February
22. Announcement was made by
trust company officials.
Coroners Jury Discounts Any_
Foul Play In Duckworth Death
A coroner’s jury discounted any
theory of foul play in the death of
Luther Duckworth, around 50, na
tive of Blairsville, Georgia, who
was found dead on a lonely moun
tain trail about four miles from
here on the “Lige” Allison place
just before noon Tuesday. A Ne
gro found the body and reported
to local officers.
Upon investigation, County Cor
oner J. C. Wike said thpt Duck
worth bad been dead between 48
and 00 hour* when found. He waa
lying face downward on a steep
wooded trail, and there was evi
dence that he had injured his head
in the fall. However, death was at
tributed to a heart attack. A pack
et of personal belongings and a
small amount of change was found
at the body.
Duckworth, described by ac
quaintances as an itinerant timber
worker, was last seen on Friday
evening by persons in the vicinity
where he was found Tuesday.
Qa js survivedby a brother, Ma
rlon, in Colorado, ami relatives at
ttaimilto. '
Sugar Will Be Kept Near The
Six Cents Per Pound
Level
TO START RATIONING
Local merchants this week dis
pelled a rumor that was being
bandied about and stating in ef
fect that merchants were taking ad
vantage of the current shortage of
sugar to raise their prices “to the
sky” just because they could get
it. One report stated “some were
charging” 12 and 13 cents per
pound.
A number of merchants were
contacted, and in no cases were
they selling sugar above the pre
vailing level of retail prices else
where: namely, inMhe neighbor
hood of seven cents per pound. In
packages of 5 pounds this price per
pound was even lower.
Just where the rumor started,
or how it got its start, was not im
mediately apparent, unless some
one in the rural areas hiked the
retail price. However, this angle
was not at all feasible, since the
rural merchants keep their prices
usually on a level with prices in
Brevard.
Price Boss Leon Henderson has
repeatedly informed the public that
sugar retail prices will be kept at
or near the 6 cents per pound
level. He has warned that he will
place a retail ceiling on sugar un
less merchants keep the retail
prices down about this level.
Beginning March 1, families in
Transylvania and elsewhere
throughout the nation, will re
ceive a war-time sugar rationing
book of stamps. The book will con
tain 28 stamps, each good for one
week’s ration (about three quar
ters of a pound) of sugar. House
wives will get their books at neigh
borhood schools; grocers will col
lect stamps for every sugar sale,
pass them on to wholesalers in or
der to replenish their own sup
plies.
To prevent hoarding, no ration
ing books will be issued unless the
applicant states that the family
has no more than 2 pounds of su
gar on hand for each member
(penalty for lying up to ten years’
imprisonment or a $10,000 fine).
Member Of Savings
Staff To Be Here
Forest G. Miles, deputy adminis
trator of the North Carolina De
fense Savings staff, will be in Bre
vard Thursday to speak before the
county committee of the staff,
Chairman E. H. McMahan has an
nounced.
The meeting will be held in the
Brevard elementary school audi
torium Thursday afternoon, begin
ning at 3:30 o’clock. Mr. McMahan
said that all members of the coun
ty commitee are urged to attend.
To Assist In Filing
State Income Taxes
Representatives of the North
Carolina department of internal
revenue, with Jack Atkinson in
charge, will be at the clerk of the
court’s office in the Brevard court
house on Wednesday and Thurs
day, March 4 and 5, for the purpose
of assisting the people of Transyl
vania county in filing intangible
and income tax returns, it has been
announced here:
All returns must be filed not
later than March 18, the announce
ment stated
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Brevard Board Of Aldermen Pass
Blackout Ordinance, Effective For
Duration Of The War Emergency
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ATHLETIC BANQUET
TO BE STAGED AT
COLLEGE SATURDAY
Trophies And Individual
Awards Will Be Made At
Annual Event
ALL-STARS TO PLAY
Brevard college’s annual athle
tic banquet, which will be open to
the entire student body and fac
ulty, will be held in the main din
ing room in West Hall on Satur
day evening of this week, begin
ning at 6:30, it has been announced
by college athletic officials. Prin
cipal feature of the banquet will
be the awarding of trophies and
insignias to the year’s outstanding
athletic participants. Leonard W.
Roberts, director of athletics, will
act as master of ceremonies.
The Transylvania Times is
awarding individual gold basket
balls to members of the winning
intra mural basketball teams. The
winning girls’ team was sponsored
by Misses Marjorie Craig and Ni
nita Gaither, and the winning boys’
team was sponsored by C. H. Trow
bridge, faculty sponsors. Kin Mc
Neil, Times editor, will make the
presentation of the basketballs.
Trophies for the winning intra
mural basketeers will be presented
by a local jewelry store, with Carl
M. Gross, manager, making the
presentation.
A plaque award for the best all
around varsity boy athlete is to
be presented by Alex Patterson, lo
cal business man. Dr. E J. Col
trane, president of the college,
will make the award.
Block B’s, or letters, will be giv
en to boys and girls winning them
in active sports so far this year.
Theme of the banquet will be
patriotic, and patriotic music will
be featured.
Immediately after the banquet,
students and faculty will go to
the college gymnasium where the
intra-mural boys’ and girls’ win
ning basketball teams will play
members of all-star teams picked
from the student body.
REPORTS SLIGHT
ON COLLEGE DAY
Only Few Reports In From
Churches Over Western
Conference
Although no reports were avail
able Wednesday from the major
ity of churches in the Methodist
Western North Carolina confer
ence relative to the observance of
Brevard College Day last Sunday,
indications were that the Day went
over well. Locally, churches in
Brevard are reported to have raised
approximately $200 last Sunday for
the self-help and maintenance pro
gram at the college.
Better than 400 churches in the
conference participated in the ob
servance of the Day, and the church
and college officials had expected
to raise at least $10,000. A few re
ports in from surrounding churches
indicated that the goal would prob
ably be reached.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Plum
mer are in New York this week,
buying spring merchandise for
Plummer’s Department store.
Reclassifications
Listed By Board
The Transylvania county
draft board has issued the
following list of reclassifica
tions for selective service reg
istrants in the county.
Clarence E. Morris, from
1-H to 1-B; Ralph Sloan Por
ter, from 1-H to 1-A; Harold
Cauble Misenheimer, from
1-B to 1-C; Harold Meeks Ai
ken, from 1-H to 3-A; Samuel
Ray Hillemon, from 1-B to
1- A; Robert Maxwell Killian,
from 4-A to 1-A; Roy Allison,
from 1-H to 4-F; William
Chester West, from 1-H to
4-F.
Also, the board of appeals
has classified the following
two registrants: Clyde
“Speedy” Jones, from 1-A to
2- A, as necessary to indus
try; John Halsell Lyday, con
tinued in 1-A.
Gasoline Sales |
Off In Brevard
Since the rationing of new auto
mobile and truck tires became ef
fective in early January, sales of
gasoline and motor oils at service
stations here have dropped ap
proximately 25 per cent, accord
ing to a survey made of a number
of local stations. Greatest drop in
sales has occurred during the
month of February, with no ap
preciable decline during the earl.,
part of January, the survey showed.
Although there is much talk of
rationing gasoline to motorists in
the near future, no definite date of
such action has been set, and local
dealers are of the opinion that it
may not be necessary to ration the
motor fuel due to the decline in
travel by private car and, conse
quently, the reduction in sales of
gasoline. However, the army and
navy and allied national defense
industries are requiring huge
quantities of motor fuel, and the
rationing system may necessari
ly be imposed, especially during
the next few months when a ma
jority of motorists will be able to
travel on their present tires.
In spite of the reduction in sales,
majority of service station opera
tors here are optimistic for the
future, believing that the tire sit
uation will be taken care of with
in the next 12 to 18 months.
CLUB LEADER HERE
Miss Frances McGregor, assistant
state 4-H leader, was in Transyl
vania county Monday of this week
to hold an extended conference
with Miss Annabel Teague, home
agent, J. A. Glazener, county agent,
and Edwin L. Shore, assistant coun
ty agent, regarding 4-H club work
in this county.
Post Office Will
Be Closed Monday
The Brevard post office will be
closed on Monday, February 23,
in observance of George Washing
ton’s birthday, it has been an
nounced.
The general delivery window
will be open from 8 to 8:30 and
again from 10:30 to 11 o’clock Mon
day morning.
Almost 800 Register Here In
Third Selective Registration
A total of 775 men between the
ages of 20 and 45 registered in
Transylvania county in the third
selective service registration held
Monday, according to a report by
Mrs. Allie B. Harllee, clerk to the
local board. The board had antici
pated a registration of at least
1100 men.
Mrs. Harllee said that she ex
pected registrations to be made for
at least two or three more days,
due to the extremely bad weather
here Monday. In many cases, it
was believed, registrants weje pre
vented from going to the places of
registration because of the heavy
downpourof rain which continued
throughout the day Monday.
Mrs. Harllee said that the new
registrants would be placed on a
selective basis when a drawing is
made in Washington in the near
future.
The local draft board has issued
a note of thanks to the people who
assisted with the registration last
Monday. The note, as released to
The Times, follows:
“We, the undersigned members
of the Transylvania county local
draft board, wish to take this op
portunity to thank the patriotic
men and women who participated
in the third registration on Mon
day, February 16. Signed: A. H.
Harris, O. H. Orr, D. H. Winches
ter*
Mayor Hardin Promulgates.
Rules And Regulations
For Enforcement
PENALTIES PROVIDED
The Brevard board of aldermen,
in session here Tuesday evening at
the city hall, passed an ordinance
authorizing blackout and air raid
protection orders, rules and reg
ulations and prescribing penalties
for the violation of these rules and
regulations.
Stating that the violation of
blackout rules endangers loss of
life and property, the ordinanee
sets forth that the mayor, Dr. Carl
Hardin, together with the ehairman
of the county defense council, shall
promulgate necessary rules and
regulations for blackouts and air
raids. The ordinance states that
rules and regulations must be in
writing and posed in public places
and that they will be effective until
repealed by the board of aldermen.
Provision of the ordinance in
clude the appointment of special
police, with identifying emblems;
punishment for unauthorized
sounding of warning or all-clear
air raid signals; rejection of pri
vate or municipal liability dur
ing blackouts and air raids; dee*
laration of lights as a public uuk
sance during a blackout, and conse
quent punishment for violations;
suspension of conflicting rules, reg
ulations, and ordinances; naming
of a $50 penalty, or 30 days im
prisonment, for violation of rules;
and the provision of independence
of each division of the ordinance.
Mayor Carl Hardin, in accord
ance with the provisions of the or
dinance, has promulgated a set of
rules and regulations applying to
air raids and blackouts. The rules
affect every possible situation
which arise in this area, em
bracing everything from the move
ment of pedestrians on the city
streets to the movement of rail
road trains within the corporate
limits of the town. A eopy of these
rules will be published in next
week’s issue of The Times.
Masons To Confer
The Third Degree
Dunn’s Rock Masonic Lodge will
confer the third degree at a spec
ial communication which will be
held Thursday night at 8 o’clock in
the lodge hall on Broad Street.
Degree will be conferred by the
degree team. The Worshipful Mas
ter requests all members to at
tend and extends a cordial invi
tation to all visiting Masons.
TO CONDUCT HORSE
MULE CLINIC HERE
Dr. M. M. Leonard, Of Ashe*
ville, Will Give Free
Examinations
A horse and mule clinic for
Transylvania county work stock
will be held in this county on
Tuesday, February 24, County
Agent Julian A. Glazener, has an
nounced. Two separate clinics will
be held, he said. One will be at the
farm of E. Carl Allison, begin
ning at 10 o’clock, and the other
on the B. & B. mill lot in Brevard,
the latter beginning at 1 o’clock in
the afternoon. Dr. M. M. Leonard,
veterinarian of Asheville, will con
duct the clinic.
Free examination will be given
all animals brought to the clinie,
and in no case will farmers be ob
ligated to have their animals treat
ed unless they so desire. A small
charge, set by the state extension
service will be made for treatments
including roundworm, bot, and
teeth or dental work.
The clinic is being conducted in
the interest of fitting animals for
better work this year in view of the
enlarged farm program for national
defense, Mr. Glazener said.
Singing Meet Is
Set For Sunday
The Lower District singing con
vention will be held Sunday after
noon, February 22, at the English
Chapel on Davidson River, accord
ing to announcement by R. E.
Mackey. The program will begin at
2 o’clock.
All singers are cordially invited,
as well as the general public.