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Vol. 52: No. 17
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
12.000 ACRE AREA OF PISGAH FOREST IS RAVAGED BY FIRE
Organization Is Completed For War Bond Campaign
PLEDGE-SIGNING TO
BE HELD MAY 4-9
County & Community Com
mittees Are Named By
Chairman McMahan
PLAN PATRIOTIC RALLY
Beginning with the month of
May and continuing for the dura
tion of the war, citizens of Tran
sylvania county and of every coun
ty in the nation will be asked to
buy war bonds and stamps on a
monthly quota basis. Edward H.
McMahan, chairman of the local
war savings staff, announcing Wed
nesday, and plans have already
been formulated for a whirlwind
pledge-signing campaign in the
county, beginning May 4 and clos
ing May 9. Transylvania’s quota
for the first month had not been
designated Wednesday evening.
However, the national monthly
goal has been set at $1,000,000,000.
In the town of Brevard, the
pledge campaign will be carried out
by the Kiwanis club, the Lions club,
and the Women’s Civic club, with
C. M. Douglas, J. I. Ayres, and Mrs.
O. H. Orr representing the respec
tive organizations in that endeavor.
Citizens will be contacted and ask
ed to pledge to buy a definite
amount of bonds and stamps each
month in order that the county
quota may be reached.
In the North Brevard area Mrs.
Robert Levy, Mrs. C. L. Newland,
John E. Rufty, and Mrs. L. D. Mar
tin will be in charge of the cam
paign, with Mrs. Newland as chair
man of that section.
Other districts throughout the
county have local community set
ups, Mr. McMahan said, and they
will meet with an advisor from the
county committee on Monday even
ing, April 27, beginning at eight
o’clock, at designated places. The
districts, with the local commit
tees, were named by Mr. McMahan
as follows:
Brevard, exclusive of the town:
Julian Glazener, advisor, and Mrs.
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CHAMBER TO OPEN
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Secretary Says Prospects Are
Good For Excellent
Tourist Season Here
The Brevard Chamber of Com
merce will open its annual drive for
memberships this week end, ac
cording to announcement by Mrs.
Ralph R. Fisher, secretary. Due
to the shortage of tires, it was
stated, personal canvass for mem
berships will be curtailed this
spring, and the membership com
mittee urged everyone to cooperate
as far as possible by sending in an
nual memberships without solicita
tion.
The commerce group here car
ries out a campaign of advertising
at this time of the year, and Mrs.
Fisher said that numerous book
lets telling the story of Brevard
and Transylvania county’s advant
ages are being mailed out to all
sections of the United States. She
said, according to the number of in
quiries received so far, the on
coming season promises to be bet
ter than usual.
Persons wishing to list their
houses, rooms, hotels, boarding
houses, and apartments in the new
leaflet and general information list
now being compiled, should get in
touch with Mrs. Fisher by Saturday
of this week.
Movie For Benefit
Of Girl Scout Hut
The matinee showing next Wed
nesday, April 29, of “Always in
my Heart,” at the Co-Ed theatre
here will be for the benefit of a
fund being raised to construct a
Girl Scout Hut in Franklin Park,
it has been announced.
Girl Scout leaders here and
members of the organized Girl
Scout troop are selling advance
tickets to the evening performance
this week.
Mrs. Harry Patton returned home
last week after spending the win
ter in Umatilla, Fla.
Wants Clerk Post
ELMER GILLESPIE, above,
War veteran, of Rosman, is in
the race for the Democratic
nomination for the office of
clerk of superior court. He
amended his original announc
ing statement by saying ,“If no
minated and elected, I will
serve the people to the best of
my ability, and at the expira
tion of my term will gladly
step down.”
REGISTRATION DA YS
LISTED BY JOHNSON
Men In Armed Forces May
Vote Absentee In Pri
mary Election
Registration books for the pur
pose of registering for the Primary
and, or the General election will
be open at the several voting {flaces
in the various precincts in Tran
sylvania county on the Saturdays
of May 2, May 9, and May 16, 1942,
according to Fred Johnson, chair
man of the county board of elec
tions. Challenge Day will be Sat
urday, May 23, and the Primary
election will be held on Saturday
May 30. Hours on which the regis
tration books will be open on the
above days are from 9 a. m. until
sundown.
This year, Mr. Johnson stated,
men in the armed forces of the
United States will be allowed to
vote absentee in the Primary .elec
tion. Full details' for securing ab
sentee vote for men in the service
will be found elsewhere in this
issue of The Times.
Little River School
Closing Exercises
Announcement has been made
that the closing exercises for the
Little River elementary school will
be held on Wednesday, April 29.
The primary and intermediate
programs will be given at 2:30
o’clock Wednesday afternoon, and
the seventh grade graduation will
be given at 8:30 o’clock Wednesday
night.
The public is cordially invited to
the exercises.
| High School Issue
] Planned Next Wk.
! Next week, The Times will
! publish its annual High
[ School Commencement edi
] tion as a public service to
j Brevard and Transylvania
| county.
! As last year, the issue will
j contain brief biographies of
j the seniors in Brevard and
j Rosman high schools, pic
j tures of the faculty, and many
I other interesting features,
j Through the advertising col
| umns local merchants and
: individuals will extend best
1 wishes to the graduates.
I Correspondents and adver
| tisers are asked to cooperate
j by turning in copy as early
: as possible.
PLAN SERVICES
MEMORY STRAUS
Memorial services for Pro
fessor Fritz I. Straus, Ecusta
Paper corporation official who
died of a heart attack at Holly
wood, Florida, recently, will
be held on the main floor of
the Ecusta cafeteria next Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o’clock,
according to announcement by
Ecusta officials.
In addition to Ecusta em
ployees, all friends of Profess
or Straus are invited to attend
the service.
7 YEARS—65 CENTS
Mrs. Clarence Smith, of Brevard,
is 65 cents richer today than she
has been since 1935.
Mrs. Smith bought a ticket from
Asheville to Hot Springs in 1935,
but failed to use it. She sent the
ticket back to the bus company the
other day and received the pur
chase price of 65 cents.
REGISTRATION FOR
OLDSTERS IS SET
FOR NEXT MONDAY
All Transylvania Men Be
tween Ages Of 45 And
65 Must Register
Final plans have been formulated
by the Transylvania county draft
board, and approval has been re
ceived from headquarters, for the
fourth selective service registra
tion to be held in this county and
throughout the nation on Monday,
April 27. Registrants will be men
between the ages of 45 and 65
years, inclusive, and the registra
tion is being carried out under pro
clamation of the President of the
United States, through Governor
J. Melville Broughton, of «North
Carolina, who issued a special pro
clamation proclaiming Monday as
Fourth Registration Day in the
state. Authority for the proclama
tion by the President was vested
in an amendment to the Selective
Service and Training Act of 1940.
Hours of registration will be
from 7 a. m. until 9 p. m. Per
sons who are infirm or ill on Re
gistration Day may register at a
later date, but registration must be
accomplished as soon thereafter as
possible.
Registration centers, together
with chief registrars, have been
designated by the local board as
follows:
County court house, C. M. Doug
las, chief registrar, W. A. Wilson,
assistant.
Draft Office, Broad Street, draft
office personnel, registrars.
City Hall, Alex Kfeer, chief re
gistrar.
Pisgah Forest, Patton’s Store,
John B. Fortin, chief registrar.
East Fork, voting booth, Loren
Crow, chief registrar.
Oakland, Cash’s store, L. E. Cash,
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Rites Held For Charles
Mull, Jr., Crash Victim
Funeral service for Technical
Sergeant Charles Mull, Jr., 26, who |
was killed instantly in a plane crash
at MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida,
last Thursday shortly after noon,
was held at the First Baptist
church in Brevard Sunday after
noon at 5 o’clock. The service was
conducted by the pastor of a Bap
tist church in Concord, assisted by
the Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor
of the local church.
According to Associated Press
reports, Mull and a crew of six
men hard started off on a routine
training flight from the field, when
the plane crashed from about a 20
foot height. It burst into flames
when it struck the ground.
Mull, who had been in the Army
since 1936, was an instructor in
photography. The son of Mr. and
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TAR HEEL FRONT IN WASHINGTON
Tar Heels Townsend And Martin
By Robert A. Erwin and Frances McKusick
(Staff Correspondents)
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22.
—Within the austere, majestic walls
of the Department of Justice are a
number of loyal Tar Heel natives
whose daily efforts are dedicated
to the cause that each man re
ceive “equal rights under the Law”
— one of the basic tenets of Amer
ican democracy.
Prominent among these North
Carolina sons and daughters is
Judge N. A. Townsend, who ranks
up near the top in the office of the
Solicitor General. The Judge, in
describing the portion of the state
he calls “home” says simply, “I
guess I’d call the whole state my
home. I’ve lived in Robeson Coun
ty, Raleigh, Charlotte, Durham
all over.”
Judge Townsend, a short, stocky,
keen-eyed man has such a low
pitched voice it’s sometimes hard
to catch everything he says. Yet
this did not hinder him from rap
ping out sharp, definite decisions
as Superior Court Judge when he
was living in the State, which gave
him the legal reputation to qualify
him for his work here.
With a wit as penetrating as his
alert eyes, he declares it’s the
“Irish” in him which has played
the most dominant part in his life.
Judge Townsend is the son of a
Methodist minister, but dismisses
this discrepancy with his Emerald
Isle ancestors by saying—“Oh, my
type of Irish can pick up almost
anything. — Methodism included.”
He is also justifiably proud of the
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Mrs. Charles Mull, of Brevard, he
attended the local schools and at
Concord. For a number of years
he was employed in the offices of
the Transylvania Tanning company
here, and he had a splendid record
both prior to the time he entered
the service of his country and af
terwards. He was Transylvania
county’s second fatality of the cur
rent war.
Survivors include the widow, Vir
ginia Webb Mull, formerly of Mont
gomery, Alabama; the parents; six
sisters, Mrs. T. A. Bryson, Annie
Lee, Betty, and Sarah Mull, of Bre
vard, Mrs. Clyde Watkins, of
Blassburg, Pennsylvania, and Mrs.
H. C. Suther, of Concord; two
brothers, Ted and Guy Mull, of
Brevard; and the paternal grand
father, John Mull, of Morganton.
N. H. HENSLEY
FUNERAL HELD
Funeral service was held at the
home here Sunday morning at 11
o’clock for N. H. Hensley, 66, who
was found dead near the city water
tanks last Friday evening about
eight o’clock. Interment was in
the Oak Grove cemetery near here.
Mr. Hensley, who was living
with his son, was found by his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Floyd Hen
sley, according to a report by J. C.
Wike, county coroner, who investi
gated. Death was attributed to a
hemorrhage of the brain.
Survivors include two sons, Floyd
and Roy Hensley, both of Brevard.
Osborne and Simpson funeral di
rectors were in charge of arrange
ments.
DEMONSTRATION MEET
The Brevard Home Demonstra
tion club will meet at the home of
Mrs. S. A. Bullock at three o’clock
Monday afternoon, April 27, ac
cording to announcement has been
made by Miss Annabel Teague,
home agent.
Heads Moose Lodge
GERALD SITTON, above, was
recently elected head of the
Brevard Lodge of the Loyal
Order of Moose. He succeeds
W. A. Balcomb at that post.
Sugar Rationing
Plans Revealed
The Office of Production Ad
ministration and the Transylvania
County Rationing Board have an
nounced Tuesday, April 28, and
Wednesday, April 29, from 9 a.
m. to 5 p. m., as the dates for Trade
Registration for sugar rationing.
There will be three registration
places in Transylvania county for
Trade Registration: Brevard high
school, Rosman high school, and
Rosenwald high school. By “Trade
Registration” is meant the regis
tration of those who sell sugar,
either wholesale or retail, institu
tions, and industrial users, includ
ing food service establishments.
An officer, owner, or manager must
appear at the high school and make
application for Sugar Purchase
Certificates. Information should
be brought on inventories on hand,
average amount of sugar received,
and the amount of sales during
1941. The following will serve as
high school site administrations:
R. T. Kimzey, Brevard High School;
E. F. Tilson Rosman High School;
J. P. Sartor, Rosenwald High
School.
The dates for family registration
will be Monday, May 4; Tuesday,
May 5; Wednesday, May 6; and
Thursday, May 7. Only one adult
representative of each family will
appear to register for the family.
Registrations will be conducted at
all elementary schools in the coun
ty. The hours will be from 9 a.
m. to 5 p. m. One person in each
family will be allowed 8 ounces of
sugar per week. A family of six
can buy three pounds per week.
In order to avoid too much con
gestion on any one day it has been
suggested that those families and
firms whose names begin with “A”
register as early as possible on the
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Has Been One Of Worst
Fires In County's History
SCHEDULE SERMONS
AT SCHOOLS HERE
Commencement Sermons Be
Heard At Two Schools
Here Sunday
Commencement sermons for the
graduating classes at Brevard and
Rosman high schools will be
preached on Sunday afternoon and
evening, April 26. The Rosman
commencement service will be held
at three o’clock Sunday afternoon
in the high school auditorium, and
the Rev. B. W. Thomason, pastor
of the First Baptist church, will de
liver the sermon. The Rev. E. P.
Billups, pastor of the Methodist
church here, will preach the com
mencement sermon for the Brevard
high school graduates, which will
be heard in the high school audi
torium at eight o’clock Sunday eve
ning.
An outline of the complete pro
gram for the Brevard high school
commencement sermon includes a
Processional; invocation by the
Rev. B. W. Thomason; vocal num
ber by the high school group; solo
by Alvin Moore, accompanied by
Mrs. Dan Merrill; sermon; benedic
tion by the Rev. Harry Perry; and
recessional.
Marshals will be Melba Siniard,
chief, Lucile Merrill, Miriam Mer
rill, Mildred Orr, Franklin Tanker
sley, Ben Thomason, Jim Kanipe,
Vannoy McAuley, Henry McCor
mick, and Willoree McGuire.
The complete program for the
commencement sermon at the Ros
man high school includes the pro
cessional; invocation by the Rev.
J. L. Underwood; hymn by the en
tire audience; announcements by
E. F. Tilson; vocal selection by the
high school glee club; introduction
of the speaker by J. B. Jones; ser
mon; benediction; the recessional.
Marshals will be Vivian Glazener,
chief, Ruth Gillespie, Cornelia Gil
lespie, Hattie Galloway, Stanley
Winchester, W. B. Head, and Mar
garet Whitmire.
A recruit in the Marines under
going his preliminary training is
known as a “Boot.”
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Carr Again Heads
U. S. O. In County
F. Brown Carr, U. S. O.
chairman for Transylvania
county last year, has again
been named chairman of the
county committee by Gover
nor J. Melville Broughton.
Mr. Carr is now formula
ting plans for the launching
of this year’s drive about May
11, and a county organization
will be announced at an early
date.
Under Mr. Carr’s leader
ship last year, the U. S. O.
quota for this county was
more than doubled.
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Democratic Nomination County
Sheriff Takes The Front Seat
The race for the nomination for
the office of Sheriff of Transyl
vania county in the Democratic pri
mary on May 30 will probably take
the front political seat here for the
next few weeks, with a total of
three Democratic candidates having
filed for that post. They are, in the
order they filed with county board
of elections, Freeman Hayes, T. E.
Reid, and Tom Wood, Hayes has
operated an automobiles sales
agency here for a number of years.
Reid is the manager of a local
furniture company. Wood served
as sheriff of the county from 1932
to 1936.
By filing a complete ticket last
Saturday afternoon, Transylvania
Republicans let it be known that
they will be in the race for every
public office to be filled in the fall
election. Rufus W. Owen, of
Cherryfield, is the party’s candi
date for sheriff. Ralph R. Fisher,
is a state senate candidate from
this district. A. M. White, of Ros
man, will make the race for county
representative in the state legisla
ture. Donald Lee Moore filed as a
candidate for the office of clerk of
superior court.
Two other nominations besides
the one for sheriff candidate are
being contested in the Democratic
primary. Elmer Gillespie, of Ros
man, will oppose the incumbent, S.
McIntosh, for clerk of court nom
ination. Purd Osborne, of Bre
vard, will oppose the incumbent,
J. C. Wike, for the nomination on
the Democratic slate for county
coroner.
M. W. Galloway, Democratic
candidate for the state legislature,
will not be opposed in the primary.
In Eastatoe township, Walter Pet
tit, Democrat, will be opposed in
the fall election by Paul Dotson,
Republican, for the post of town
ship constable.
Flames Were Not Yet Under
Control Late Wednes.
day Evening
SCENIC BEAUTY SPOILED
Demon fire, which has been rag
ing through Pisgah National forest
since three o’clock last Sunday
afternoon when a carelessly dis
posed of cigarette is thought to
have started it, has ravaged 12,000
acres of scenic timberland in the
federal timber and game preserve,
and at press time Wednesday eve
ning fires in the area were still
burning uncontrolled.
District Ranger J. B. Fortin told
The Times Wednesday afternoon
that, if high winds did not rise,
the major and original fire center
ing around Looking Glass Rock
and across the Parkway to Big East
Fork, might be brought under con
trol Wednesday night by backfir
ing and using every available
means of stemming it. However, a
fire in the Turkey Creek section,
near the Asheville-Brevard high
way, had forest officials worried.
It started some time Tuesday af
ternoon and burned fiercely for a
number of hours, and at one time
it was thought that a dwelling had A
been caught in its path. Tbs re-'~^®>
port was not confirmed, however.
Fighters believed they had th» Tur
key Creek fire under control until
about noon Wednesday, wh*« it
suddenly broke out again Ji ne'v
and widest areas. Fortin said the
location^/ this fire was iCTcRegic, **
and if it continued out of control,
work on controlling the major fire
might be lost. Additional fighters
were rushed to the scene of the lat
est outbreak, while weary fighters
patrolled the main fire along more
than a 20-mile front Minor out
breaks in other areas were not con
sidered serious, with the exception
of one near Caesar’s Head moun
tain, which a Greenville Piedmont
reported told The Times Wednes
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TO RECRUIT ARMY
CADETS IN COUNTY
Mobile Recruiting Unit Will
Be At Court House
Next Week
Curbstone recruiting will be of
fered to the citizens of Brevard
and Transylvania county next
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 28
and 29, when a United States Army
mobile recruiting unit will visit
the Brevard court house for the
purpose of enlisting army aviation
cadets.
Persons who have reached their
18th birthday and are not yet 27
are eligible under the new regula
tions for cadet training, whether
they be married or single.
Applicants at the mobile recruit*
ing unit here next Tuesday and
Wednesday will be referred to the
nearest aviation cadet examining
board for the necessary physical
and academic examinations. Com
plete information on other branches
of the army may also be obtained
at the mobile unit.
Easter Seals Bring
In More Than $200
A total of $239.41 has been re
ceived by the local chapter League
for Crippled Children, it was re
ported Wednesday, through sale of
Easter Seals and “Bonds of Hap
piness.”
More than 150 individuals con
tributions were made in response
to the unique sales plan used, and
donations were also made through
the schools of the county. Pisgah
Forest, Rosman, and Brevard ele
mentary units were leading school
contributors in order named. Rosen
wald (colored) school turned in
$7.43, it was also reported.
Funds secured through the sale
will be used to buy hospital sup
plies and special braces for crip
pled children of the county whose
parents are unable to provide them.
STORK COMES TO SEE
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Goodwin
have announced the birth of a son,
Carey Jackson, Jr., born Saturday,
April 18, at Transylvania Com
munity hospital.