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Vol. 52: No. 9
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Axis Plans For Knocking Out The British Empire
Artists for Central Press, to whose service The Times subscribes, have drawn the above map depict
ing how the Axis strategists hope to knock out the British Empire and win the war. The fall of Singa
pore means that this plan has passed the primary stages. With Singapore knocked out, the possibility of
Axis attack in deep India is now acute. India is one of the richest countries in raw materials and is
fertile ground for fifth columnists. The Japs are now outside Burma, and if they should drive West
from there the Germans could meet them by coming from Libya and Bulgaria.
RECLASSIFICATION
LIST IS RELEASED
Draft Board Here Reclassi
fies Number of Men Up
For Service
The Transylvania county draft
board has issued for publication a
list of reclassifications as of Feb
ruary 23. There is a total of eleven
men reclassified, not including the
21 men recently inducted into the
armed service, which automatically
placed them from classification 1 A
to 1C.
Registrants reclassified as of the
above date include S. S. (Buck)
Barnette, from IB to 1-A, fit for
service; Jesse Ray Hinkle, from
3-A to 1-A; John Hilton Anders,
from 1-H to 1-A; J. C. Lyday, from
1-A to 2-A, necessary to agricul
ture; Dan Ward, from 1-H to 1-B,
fit for limited service; Paul Den
ver Cantrell, from 3-A to 1-A; Dil
lard Lee Trent, from 1-A to 4-F,
rejected at camp; James William
Dunn, from 1-A to 2-A; Ralph Lee
Hampton, from 1-H to 4-F; James
Albert Meece, from 1-H to 1-B; and
Rufus Michael Myers, from 1-A to
1-C, in the United States Navy.
RITES ARE HELD
FOR LOCAL LADY
Final rites were held last Satur
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
Flat Rock Baptist church in Pick
ens county, S. C., for Mrs. L. A.
Whitlock, 77, of Brevard, who died
at her home here Thursday night of
last week after an extended ill
ness. The Rev. B. W. Thomason,
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Brevard, officiated, and inter
ment was in the Flat Rock ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were grandsons, and
flower girls were granddaughters
•f Mrs. Whitlock.
Survivors include the husband,
and eight children: Mrs. Cora
Owens, of Easley, S. C., Mrs. La
rence Kelly, of Central, S. C., Miss
Nettie Whitlock, of Brevard; Jack,
•f Liberty, S. C.; H. B., of Six
Mile, S. C.; G. W„ of Pelzer, S. C.;
Lell, of Piedmont, S. C.; and D.
C., of Brevard. Forty-one grand
children, 24 great-grandchildren,
and one great-great grandchild sur
vive also. Moore-Trantham funeral
directors had charge of arrange
ments.
CAR QUOTA SIX
Transylvania county has been al
k>ted six new cars for the three
months beginning on March 2, ac
cording to word received here
from Raleigh. The allotment is
made in conjunction with the car
rationing system enacted early in
the year.
Though definite regulations have
not been issued relative to new
car disposals, it is assumed that
only persons who can show that
automobiles are essential to their
business will be allowed to buy
new cars.
Season’s Deepest
Snow Falls Here
“Better late than never,”
was the tale that Miss Snow
Blanket brought with her to
Transylvania county and Wes
tern North Carolina on Mon
day night and Tuesday of this
week as she spread the heav
iest blanket of the season in
this area.
Snow began falling about
10:30 Monday night, held up
again around midnight for
about two hours, and then
continued throughout the
night and during most of the
day Tuesday.
In Transylvania snow
reached a depth of better j
than five inches, by far the j
heaviest snow of the year. j
LADIES TO HEAR
CLUB SECRETARY
Mrs. R. H. Latham, of Asheville,
national secretary of the Federa
tion of Women’s clubs, will be the
guest speaker at the March meet
ing of the Women’s Civic club,
which will be held in the reception
room at West hall, on the college
campus, next Monday afternoon at
3 o’clock, according to an announce
ment of Mrs. 0. H. Orr, local
president.
Immediately following the pro
gram, the club members and honor
guest will be entertained at tea
by Mrs. E. J. Coltrane, Miss Lucille
Smith and Miss Dulcie Hayes. All
members of the club are given a
cordial invitation to attend this
meeting.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients reported on Wednesday
to be in Transylvania Community
hospital were: Mrs. P. N. Simons,
J. E. Cantrell, Thos. S. Wood, Mrs.
Margery Henderson, Bertha Gash,
Lavoid Taylor.
Brevard Youth
Likes R.C.A.F.
In letters to friends in Brevard,
Jimmie Alderman, former Brevard
youth and now a member of the
Royal Canadian Air Force, sta
tioned at Belleville, Ontario, train
ing station, describes vividly the
work of the R. C. A. F. and re
lates incidents typical of the train
ing period.
On*1 jmportnnt fact brought to
light through his letters is that so
many of the men in training for
the Canadian Air Force are Amer
icans. Young Alderman said that
in his barracks at least 75 per cent
of the boys are Americans and at
another training barracks 75 out
of 98 enrolled are Americans.
One incident he reports, which
might have strained the patience
of the commanding officer, was the
hanging of a large American flag
in their barracks. When the in
spection officer came around they
expected him to command them to
take it down, but he did nothing
of the sort. Instead, he saluted the
flag and, turning to the boys, said:
“That’s fine, boys.” They were
overjoyed that they were allowed
to keep their American flag up,
Alderman reports.
Right now young Alderman is
in the Initial Training school,
which is taken up chiefly with
academic classes from 8:30 in the
morning until 5:30 in the after
noon. He says that though some
of the classes are tough he really
enjoys the work and is looking
forward to the day when he will
be flying for the allied nations and
doing his bit for the protection of
this continent against invasion by
the enemy.
White cap, skivvy shirts, leg
gings, black shoes and pea coat are
among the first articles which the
Navy gives its recruits.
Deputy Collector Issues Facts
For Income Taxpayers In Area
S. E. Varner, deputy collector of.
internal revenue in this area, has
issued the following information
for income taxpayers. The infor
mation applies to all single resi
dents of the county earning as
much as $750 annually, or all mar
ried couples earning a total gross
of $1,500 annually.
“For the purpose of assisting in
dividual income taxpayers in the
preparation of their 1941 income
tax returns, I will be at room 9,
Post Office building, Brevard, on
the following dates:
“February 27, March 2, 9, and
16, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
“March 2, 7, and 14, from 9:00
a.m. to 12:00 noon.
“The above are the only dates on
which I can be here, as I will be
in other territory on all other dates.
[ “Every single or unmarried per
son (or every married person not
living with husband or wife) whose
gross income for 1941 was $750.00
or more is required to file a re
turn.
“Every married person (living
with husband or wife) whose joint
gross income (both husband and
wife) for 1941 was $1500.00 or more
is required to file a return.
“The returns must be filed in
time to be in the hands of the Col
lector of Internal Revenue at
Greensboro, or in the hands of a
deputy collector on or before
March 16, 1942.
“Forms for filing may be ob
tained from the postmaster at Bre
vard or by writing the following ad
dress. S. E. Varner, Room 9, Post
Office Building, Brevard.”
CLEMSON, CO-ED THEATRES SOLD
STATE SS PEOPLE
TO BE IN BREVARD
State Baptist Sunday School
Meeting To Be Held
Here Tuesday
A meeting of State Baptist Sun
day School associational officials
with members of the Transylvania
Baptist Sunday School association
will be held at the First Baptist
church in Brevard on Tuesday af
ternoon and evening, March 3, ac
cording to announcement by Fred
Monteith, county associational sup
erintendent. The meeting is being
held for all Sunday School work
ers in the county, including offi
cers and teachers, and will open at
5 o’clock and close at 9 o’clock.
The first assembly will be at five
o’clock, for associational officers
only. The general meeting will be
gin at seven o’clock.
State Sunday School officials
who will be present for the meet
ing will include John B. Lane, Rev.
I. R. Evans, and Miss Ellen Dan
iel.
Supper at the meeting will be
served by ladies of the Brevard
church, assisted by ladies of Mount
Moriah Calvert, Mount Moriah
Cherryfield, Glady Branch, Brevard
Second, Pisgah Forest and Little
River churches.
The regular meeting of the Tran
sylvania Sunday School association
will be held at the Little River Bap
tist church next Sunday afternoon,
beginning at 2:30 and closing at 4
o’clock, Mr. Monteith said. Pastors
of the association are asked to be
present to take part in the discus
sion on plans for building Stand
ard Sunday schools.
Sunday Schools having choirs or
solo singers are invited to par
ticipate in the county meet pro
gram Sunday.
TAYLOR TO MOVE
SHOPS IN MARCH
Shops Operated By J. C. Tay
lor Will Be Removed To
New Place
J. C. Taylor, owner and manager
of McFee’s Jewelry store for the
past two years and owner of Tay
lor’s Soda Shop and Krispy Kreme
do-nut shop, has announced that
he will move his places of business
to a building three doors above his
present location on West Main
street. He expects to move by
March 20, and the building into
which he is moving is being com
pletely remodelled.
Mr. Taylor, a graduate of Bre
vard college and the University of
North Carolina, is a native of Ashe
ville. He has enjoyed a prosperous
business since coming here, he said,
and he is making the move to the
new building in the interest of bet
ter serving his many customers.
All three of the shops which he
now manages will be located in the
new building.
In his new location he will carry
a large line of jewelry, watches,
diamonds and radios.
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War
Bulletins
THREE JAPANESE SHIPS
ARE SUNK BY ALLIES
BANDOENG, Java, Feb. 25
Three large Japanese transports,
part of a concentration possibly
massing for the expected direct as
sault on Java, have been sunk by
Allied bombing planes off Ma
cassar, enemy-held port in South
west Celebes within 400 miles of
Java’s eastern tip, the Dutch East
Indies high command reported to
day.
FIRE AT OBJECT OFF
SANTA MONICA COAST
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.—Anti
aircraft guns fired round after
round of ammunition and tracer
bullets at an unidentified object
which moved slowly down the coast
from Santa Monica and disappear
ed south of the rich Signal Hill oil
fields early today.
Army officials declined to com
ment but speculation quickly arose
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OUT OF THE SHOW BUSINESS
Messrs. F. D. Clement, left, and Verne Clement have sold the
Clemson and Co-Ed theatres here to C. B. Carter and parties of Mor
ganton, it was announced Wednesday. The popular theatre owners
have operated a movie house here for the past quarter of a century,
maintaining the highest standards in the show business. The transac
tion will become effective on Monday, March 2.
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Dollar Days On
Friday, Saturday
Dollar Days are being cele
brated by Brevard merchants
on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
A large number of Brevard
merchants are this week of
fering special bargains to
their customers through the
celebration of Dollar Days,
and they are striving to save
everyone really worthwhile
amounts. In order to do this
they have been preparing for
months for the Friday and
Saturday event.
The Times, cooperating
with the merchants whose ad
j vertising appears in this is
sue, is mailing out almost a
thousand extra copies this
week, and, though The Times
enjoys a wide circulation,
new subscribers are always
welcome, and it is hoped that
a large number of people
reached by this issue will ■
subscribe so that the paper !
will become a weekly visitor,
bringing them the latest ru
ral, local, state and national
news.
SERVICE WILL
HONOR MEN IN
ARMY & NAVY
A service honoring the 26 mem
bers of the Brevard Methodist
church who are now in the armed
services of the nation will be held
next Sunday morning at the regu
lar eleven o’clock hour, accord
ing to announcement by the pas
tor, Rev. E. P. Billups. Special
feature of the service will be the
dedication of American and Chris
tian flags which were presented the
church by a friend.
The night service next Sunday
will be given over to the religious
education department at Brevard
college, and a pageant will be pre
sented, with Miss Mabel Cherry di
recting. Also, the Brevard college
choir, under the direction of Miss
Catherine Stevens, will assist in
staging the pageant.
COLLEGE DAY MAY
NET TOTAL $15,000
About 115 Churches Out
Of Approximately 450
Have Reported
The possibility was seen here
Wednesday by Lloyd O. Hughes,
business manager of Brevard col
lege, that the observance of College
Day in the churches throughout the
Western North Carolina conference
of the Methodist church on Sun
day, February 15, would eventu
ally bring in a total of $15,000 for
the institution. He said that all
reports from the churches are not
expected to be in before March 10,
but that, based on percentage re
turns, the goal of $10,000 would be
easily reached. He expressed the
belief that the amount would reach
$15,000.
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
the college, in commenting upon
observance of the College Day,
said that a number of churches had
sent in exceptional donations. Thus
far in reports, Main Street Church
in Gastonia leads with a total do
nation of $1,000; Wesley Memorial
church, High Point, is second with
a donation of $621; and the Marion
Methodist church is third. In all
of these churches a member of the
college board is represented. Rev.
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Rosman Students To
Give Minstrel Show
The Ninth Grade home econom
ics class at Rosman high school
will present a minstrel, “Darkies
On Major Bowe’s Program,” at the
high school auditorium on Thurs
day evening of this week, begin
ning at eight o’clock. Special mu
sic will be furnished by Phillip
Frazier, of Brevard college. Nine
teen characters of varied person
alities support the cast.
Included in the program will be
dances, songs, jokes, banjo play
ing, and many other attractions.
A complete list of the cast and
other details appear in the Ros
man high school news for this
week.
Mayor Outlines Regulations On
Air Raids And Blackouts Here
In accordance with an ordinance
passed last week by the Brevard
board of aldermen, Mayor Carl
Hardin has promulgated a set of
rules and regulations which will
be enforced in Brevard during
practice and emergency blackouts
for the duration of the war. These
rules and regulations, as prepared
by the mayor, are contained in the
following paragraphs, published in
the interest of Transylvania citi
zens:
By virtue of the authority vested
in me by the board of Aldermen
of the Town of Brevard by Ordi
nance, approved February 17, 1942,
the following rules and regulations
are hereby made and promulgated:
I. An air raid warning signal
shall consist of a series of short
blasts from sirens, whistles or
other noise-making devices con
tinuing for approximately two min
utes. The all-clear signal shall con
sist of one long blast continuing
for approximately two minutes.
II. In the event of an air raid
warning:
(a) The drivers of all automo
biles and other free-wheel vehicles:
1. Shall immediately pull over
to the curb or roadside, turn off the
engines or motors and leave such
vehicles standing until the all clear
signal js given; provided that emer
gency vehicles readily identifiable
as such, such as fire engines, am
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PIONEER SHOWMEN
HERE SELL HOUSES
MORGANTON MEN
Transaction Will Bcconw Ef
fective On Monday Of
Next Week
TWO WILL OPERATE
The Clemson and Co-Ed theatres,
Transylvania county’s only two
theatres, which have long been re
garded as among the most modern
in Western North Carolina, were
sold this week to C. B. Carter, IL
B. Shiflet and parties of Morgan
ton, according to announcement
Wednesday by Messrs. F. D. and
Verne Clement, former owners and
pioneers in the show business in
North Carolina. The transaction be
comes effective on Monday, March
2.
Though no figures were released,
the transaction represented a large
sum of money, since the Clemson
and Co-Ed theatres represent some
of the best business property In
Brevard.
In going out of the show bom
ness, the Messrs, Clement are clon
ing a long and successful career
in the management of theatres.
They opened the first theatre in
Brevard over 28 years ago, and in
1928 they opened the Clemson
theatre at its present location on
West Main street. In 1939 the com
pletely modern Co-Ed was opened
on the same block, adjoining the
Clemson.
The Clemson and Co-Ed thea
tres are reportedly the most mod
ern in this section of the state, In
1939, when the Co-Ed was opened,
the projection equipment was of a
later type than that used in Radio
City, New York. Later, Radio City
installed the same type of equip
ment used by the Co-Ed. Both then
tres have been characterized by
showing of the latest and best at
moving picture offering and hare
enjoyed an excellent business.
The Clements made no statement
as to their reason for selling at
this time, nor did they state wheth
er they intend to go into business
again.
To operate the Clemson and Co
Ed after Monday will be C. B.
Carter and H. B. Shiflet. Mr. Car
ter is a recent graduate of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and Mr.
Shiflet has been connected recent
ly with a manufacturing firm In
Morganton.
CIVIC CLUB WILL
SPONSOR COMEDY
“Funzapoppm,” To B« Pre
sented Two Nighti Not
Week By Chib
“Funzappopin,” a three-act coia
edy with musical specialties and
written as a take-off on the popu
lar stage play, “Hellzapoppin," will
be presented in the Brevard high
school auditorium on Thursday
and Friday evening, March 5 and
6, under the sponsorship of the
Women’s Civic club of Brevard^
civic club officials have announced.
The proceeds will go for the bene
fit of the new Transylvania com
munity hospital, it was stated.
In the comedy to be presented
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WAR AID UNIT
PLANS DANCE
Final plans are being made lor
the square dance to be staged by
the local Bundles for America
chapter at the Brevard Country
Club Friday evening of this week,
beginning promptly at nine o'clock
according to announcement by the
chairman, Mrs. William Jordan.
Sponsors of the dance will be lie.
and Mrs. Jack Alexander, lfr. and
Mrs. George W. Wheeler, Mr. and
Mrs. Boyce Walker, and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Loeb. Mrs. John Hud
son and Miss Josephine Clayton
are in charge of the sale of tickets
and Fred Williams will be in charge
of the door. Calling of the sets
will be done by Clyde "Speedy”
Jones.
Proceeds from the dance will go
toward purchasing yarn for men
in the armed services of the Uni
ted States or for buying eomfort
kits, Mrs. Jordan said.
Make It A Point To Attend Brevard Dollar Days, Friday And Saturday Of This Week