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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 19
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Rites Held '
4:30 For Serg
Kilpatrick, Ai
Was Instantly Killed In Car
Accident Near Edge
field, S. C., Monday
WAS AT CAMP GORDON
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at
the Brevard Methodist church for
Sergeant Albert T. Kilpatrick, 32,
who was killed in an automobile
accident near Edgefield. S. C., last
Monday morning. The Rev. E. P.
Billups, pastor, officiated. Inter
ment was in the Gillespie cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Harry
Clayton. A. B. Owen. Harold Nelson,
Curt Wright, George Nicholson,
and Ralph Morris.
Flower girls were Mrs. Curt
Wright, Mrs. Allison Orr, Mrs.
George Nicholson, Mrs. Joe McJun
kin, Mrs. Harold Nelson, Mrs. Wil
lie Nelson, Mrs. Rube Morgan, Mrs.
Ralph Morris, Marie Galloway,
Nelle Miller, and Molly McCall.
Sergeant Kilpatrick, who was
stationed at Camp Gordon, near
Augusta, Ga., and Albert M. Aik
en, of Asheville, were killed when
the car in which they were riding
struck a bridge abutment near
Edgefield about 5:30 Monday morn
ing. The youths were returning to
camp after spending the week end
visiting relatives here and at Ashe
ville. He was a cousin of Sergeant
Kilpatrick. Surviving Sergeant
Kilpatrick are the father, D. P.
Kilpatrick, of Brevard; two sisters,
Mrs. S. T. Usry, of Brevard, and
Mrs. Will Moore, of Farmville; one
brother, Karl, of Brevard.
Moore-Trantham were in charge
of arrangements.
JONES IS HONORED
John Paul Jones, of Wake Forest
College, has recently been accepted
into Gamma Sigma Epsilon, nation
al honorary chemical fraternity,
entrance in which depends, to a
great extent, on scholastic average,
not only in chemistry, but in other
courses as well.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Jones, of Brevard.
GAS RATIONING TO
START ON MAY 15
Registration For Motorists
To Be Carried Out At
County Schools
Registration for the rationing of
gasoline will begin in Transylvania
county on Friday, May 15, accord
ing to announcement by the county
rationing board. The rationing
plans are in accordance with mea
sures adopted by WPB in a tier of
Southeastern states to correctly
distribute diminishing supplies of
gasoline.
Although no exact weekly gallon
age per motorist could be cited by
the rationing board, it is expected
that the average motorist will be
limited to not more than 5 gallons
per week. Provisions will be made
for necessary vehicles, and trucks
operating for the transportation of
products will not be rationed.
J. B. Jones, county schools sup
erintendent, said registration for
gasoline rationing will be conduct
ed at the elementary schools in
the county, similar to the registra
tion for sugar now being carried
out.
Complete details will be avail
able next week, the rationing board
stated.
BOARD ANNOUNCES
MAY 11RE QUOTA
Twenty-Seven New Car And
Truck Tires Allowed
For Month Of May
Transylvania county motorists
have been granted a quota of five
new passenger car tires and 22 new
truck tires for the month of May,
according to Randall W. Everett,
chairman of the county rationing
board. The recap quota is for 22
passenger car tires and 43 truck
tires, he said.
New tubes allotted for the month
of May include 20 for passenger
cars and 32 for trucks.
So far in the tire rationing pro
gram, allotments for the county
have been sufficient to take care
°f the eligible applicants, it was
pointed out.
Wednesday At
leant Albert T.
:cident Victim
INDIVIDUAL’S PART
IN WAR EFFORT IS
URGED BY RAMSEY
Citizen - Times Manager
I Warns Against Too Much
Lethargy By Citizens
OTHERS ON PROGRAM
D. Hiden Ramsey, general man
ager of the Asheville Citizen-Times
company, told a group of Transyl
vania citizens gathered Tuesday
evening at the Brevard high school
auditorium for a patriotic rally that
every individual American must
play a definite part in the current
war if we are to win it. He stress
ed the part of the individual in
the war, and pointed out two dis
E. H. McMahan, chairman of
the Transylvania war savings
staff, reported late Wednesday
that the pledge-signing campaign
being carried out here this week
is well under way. He said
canvassers are reporting splen
did cooperation in the pledge ef
fort.
Every wage earner in the
county is being contacted this
week, and canvassers hope to
complete the campaign this
week end, Mr. McMahan said.
tinct ways which the average citi
zen may aid—the buying of war
bonds and stamps and enrolling
in civilian defense courses. The
rally, jointly sponsored by the war
bond campaign committee and the
civilian defense council, launched
the pledge-signing campaign in the
county.
Commenting upon the apparent
lethargy of Americans, Mr. Ram
sey continued by saying: “Ameri
cans have lived so easily and so
safely, it is hard for us to realize
the danger we are now facing.” It
is entirely possible for us to lose
this war, he said, and already we
have suffered more reverses than
have been suffered by American
armies in the history of the re
CONFINE DOGS!
Alex H. Kizer, city clerk,
has issued a notice, warning
all dog owners that dogs are
not allowed to run about town
loose during the months of
May, June and July, under the
rules of an ordinance passed in
previous years by the board of
aldermen.
The ordinance provides that
during the months of May,
June, and July of every year,
the owners of all dogs in the
town of Brevard shall keep
them confined, except that
dogs which have been proper
ly vaccinated for rabies may be
allowed in public if muzzled.
Persons violating the ordin
ance are guilty of a misdemean
or and are subject to a fine not
exceeding fifty dollars.
AT COLLEGE MAY DAY PROGRAM
This picture was made during the annual May Day program at Bre
vard college last Saturday afternoon when Miss Jean Bennett was
crowned Queen of the May. Shown, left to right, are Freddie Harri
son, crown bearer; Douglas Wyatt, court herald; Russell Lawson,
attendant to the Prince; Marshall Curtis, Prince Charming; Jean
Bennett, May Queen; Marceline Peck, maid of honor; Martha Mc
Crary, flower girl; and Arthur Green, Jr., court herald. (Times
staff photo)
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County Board Ban
Beer, Wine Sales
The Transylvania county
board of commissioners, in
regular meeting here Mon
day, enacted an ordinance
which would prohibit the sale
of beer and wine throughout
the county between the -
hours of 12:01 a. m. and 1:00
p. m. on Sundays. A simi
lar ordinance was enacted
by the Brevard board of ald
ermen last month, to apply to
the town of Brevard.
The ordinance adopted by
the county commissioners
was presented by W. W. Brit
tain, seconded by John L.
Wilson, and was unanimously
passed by the board.
The ordinance becomes ef
fective immediately, it was
announced.
DEMOCRATIC MEETS
ARE SET THIS WEEK
Precinct Meetings To Be
Held At Voting Places
Saturday
The Domecratic precinct meet
ings will be held in each precinct
in Transylvania county on Satur
day, May 9, at 2 o’clock p. m., at
the voting places for the purpose
of electing the Democratic execu
tive committee for each precinct
and for the purpose of electing dele
gates to the County convention, ac
cording to Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr.,
county chairman.
The Transylvania County Demo
cratic county convention will be
held on Saturday, May 16, at 2 o’
clock p. m., at the courthouse in
Brevard, for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to the State Demo
cratic convention.
All Democrats in Transylvania
county are invited and urged to at
tend and take part in these meet
ings.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Louise Bryson, Geneva Bedding
field, Fannie Chastain, Ressie Chap
pell, Juanita Osteen, Mrs. W. M.
Ball, Mrs. G. A. Schulze and infant
daughter.
TAR HEEL FRONT IN WASHINGTON
Haywood Man Watches Advertising
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By Robert A. Erwin and Frances McKusick
(Staff Correspondents)
WASHINGTON. — Prominent
among Tar Heel natives who have
distinguished themselves in Gov
ernment service here is Garland S.
“Dick” Ferguson, native of Way
nesville and former Greensboro at
torney, who has held the post of
Federal Trade Commissioner long
er than any other person . Mr. Fer
guson was appointed a Democratic
member of the Trade Commission
by President Roosevelt twice since
that time and has held the chair
manship three ♦times. At present
he is vice-chairman and under the
rotation system will become chair
man for the fourth time next Jan
uary 1.
Mr. Ferguson received his legal
training at the University of North
Carolina, and for many years prac
ticed law in Greensboro. He first
came to Washington during the last
World War as assistant general
counsel for the Newport News Ship
building Company, returning to the
state shortly after the war to
Greensboro, where he stayed until
his appointment to the Trade Com
mission in 1927.
A grave, rather dignified man,
Mr. Ferguson impresses one as
being a person in whom great re
sponsibilities can be placed. Yet
his friendly spirit is evidenced by
his heavy laugh which well-nigh
fills his huge, attractive corner of
fice in the Apex Building at Sixth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
N. W.
“I think I have the best location
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Mrs. Kilpatrick
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. R. P. Kilpatrick, 69,
member of one of Transylvania
county’s best known families,
died Wednesday afternoon in
Biltmore hospital, Asheville,
where she had been for the
past several days. She had
been in declining health for
some time.
Funeral service will be held
Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock
at the First Baptist church in
Brevard, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. B. W. Thomason.
Interment will be in Gillespie
cemetery.
Survivors include the hus
hand, R. P. Kilpatrick; two
daughters, Mrs* Dan Merrill
and Mrs. Larry Beck, of Bre
vard; three sons, Robert, Ed
ward and Harold Kilpatrick of
Brevard.
CONTEST FOR
4-H’ERS SET
A 4-H county health contest will
be held in Transylvania on Mon
day, May 11, at the county health
office in Brevard, according to Joe
Lee Heffner, assistant county farm
agent.
Two winners will be selected at
the county contest, a girl and a boy,
and they will compete in the dis
trict health contest to be held in
Asheville on Monday, May 25.
It is expected that a large num
ber of entrants will compete in the
local contest.
NEW PASTEURIZING
PLANT OPERATING
Plant of Transylvania Dair
ies Will Have Formal
Opening Soon
The new pasteurizing plant of
the Transylvania Dairies is now
in operation, according to an
nouncement by T. R. Parrish, plant
manager, and formal opening will
be held in the near future. The
plant is located on a lot just op
posite the Brevard college campus,
and the public is cordially invited
to come down to inspect it any time.
In connection with the opening
of the pasteurizing plant by Tran
sylvania Dairies, a new market is
offered farmers in the county. The
plant will utilize grade A raw milk
and expects to purchase it in large
quantities from farmers in all sec
tions of the county. A number of
farmers have already carried out
improvements to meet the grade A
specifications, it was stated. New
and modern equipmnet has been in
stalled in the pasteurizing plant.
The Transylvania Dairies will
handle all types of dairy products,
and deliveries of pasteurized milk
are made daily.
Revival Services On
At Second Baptist
Revival services are in progress
at the Second Baptidt church, an
nouncement has beerifmade by the
pastor, Rev. S. fr. McAuley,
who is doing the pleaching. Ser
vices are held eacli morning at
10:30, and in the evening at 8:15.
Song and prayer services are held
at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
The public is invited to attend
this series of revival meetings.
Annual Asheville District Conference Of
Methodist Church To Be Held At Brevard
On Tuesday, May 12; Smathers To Preside
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MAKE PLANS FOR
CLEAN-UP DRIVE
HERE MAY 11-16
Members Of Committee Of
Women’s Civic Club
Are Appointed
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
Plans were completed at the
May meeting of the Women’s Civic
club for the annual clean-up cam
paign, which will be staged in Bre
vard next week, from May 11 to 16,
with Mrs. E. L. Happ as general
chairman.
Others appointed on the com
mittee to assist Mrs. Happ in the
various zones of the town are: Mrs.
E. R. Pendleton, Mrs. O. H. Orr,
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, Mrs. Flax
Lawrence, Mrs. D. J. Luther, Mrs.
Mary Scott. A colored person will
also be appointed to have charge
of the clean-up drive in the negro
section of the town.
Among other matters of business
transacted at Monday’s meeting was
vote of the club to beautify and
maintain the recreation lot on Jor
dan street, and acceptance of Mrs.
Lawrence’s offer to act as recrea
tional supervisor. Mrs. H. E. Er
win and Mrs. A. B. Galloway were
appointed to serve also on the re
creational committee, and $10.00
was donated by the club to be used
in painting the play park benches.
Miss Lucye Hedden was named
chairman to arrange for the beau
tifying and care of the triangular
lot at the intersection of the Ros
man road and the Country club
road. It was voted to donate $5.00
toward the loan linen closet and to
sponsor the movement for the
County Health office. One dollar
was also donated for the cancer
control campaign.
Another important vote of the
club was to buy a war bond for
$100.00.
Mrs. O. H. Orr, president, presid
ed over the meeting.
In connection with the Clean-Up
drive, Mayor Carl Hardin issued a
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STORK COMES TO SEE
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Emmitt
Reese a son, Allison Wayne, on
April 22 at Biltmore hospital.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Schulze a daughter, on Tuesday,
May 5, at Transylvania Community
hospital. Mrs. Schulze was former
ly Miss Eunice Simpson, of Brevard.
BULLETIN!
District Ranger J. B. Fortin
announced late Wednesday
that Davidson River, Western
North Carolina’s best known
trout fishing stream, will be
opened to the public Thurs
day morning. The previously
announced schedule of open
fishing dates will be followed
for remainder of the season,
he said.
Davidson River and other
fishing streams in Pisgah na
tional forest were closed to the
public recently during a siege
of forest fires in the area.
Host To Conference
REV. E. P. BILLUPS, above,
pastor of the Brevard Methodist
church, will be host to the an
nual Asheville district confer
ence of the Methodist church
here next Tuesday, May 12.
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War
Bulletins
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CORREGIDOR TROOPS
SURRENDER AT LAST
GEN. MACARTHUR’S HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, May 6.—
Corregidor and its three sister fort
resses, America’s islet bastions in
Manila bay, surrendered today
with a garrison of upwards of 6,500
American troops, sailors, marines
and army nurses.
The regular garrisons, number
ing more than 3,000, had been in
creased by 3,500 naval men and
marines who had been evacuated
to Corregidor from Bataan. This
total had been reduced by an un
known number of casualties.
Corregidor went down to defeat
only after new concentrations of
big-caliber Japanese artillery had
swept away beach defenses and
inflicted heavy casualties on the
weary, hungry, and disease-ridden
American-Filipino defenders, the
war department disclosed today.
BRITISH FORCES OPEN
ATTACK ON MADAGASCAR
VICHY, France, May 6.—British
forces opened a land, sea and air
attack in a determined bid for
quick capture of the fortified north
ern bases of Madagascar.
Official dispatches that the
French submarine Bevezieres, 1,379
tons, with a complement of 67, and
the mine-laying sloop Bougainville,
1,969 tons, with a complement of
136, had been sunk in the first
phase of operations yesterday.
Nearly all of the crews were
saved, it was said.
DESTROY AT LEAST 40
JAPANESE PLANES
NEW DELHI, India, May 6.
Forty Japanese planes were de
stroyed and 25 others badly dam
aged by a heavy United States
bomber squadron which struck
early today in its second successive
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Brevard College Building Funds To
Be Invested In U. S. War Bonds
Pledges made by Transylvania
citizens in the recent Brevard col
lege building fund campaign are
payable (the first instalment) this
month, the campaign committee has
announced, and notices are being
sent out by the chairman, S. E.
Varner, as reminders. The pledges
paid into the fund will be invested
in war savings bonds, Mr. Varner
said, until such time as materials
will become available for proceed
ing with original building expan
sion plans at the college. Materials
are not available now due to war
time priorities. Decision to invest
the building funds in war bonds un
til construction work can begin was
reached at a special meeting of the
campaign committee at the Bre
vard city hall last Friday evening.
A total of $63,000 has been pled
ged by Transylvania persons and
firms, the committee revealed at its
meeting, and third of that amount
is scheduled to be collected this
month. Other payments will be
come due in May, 1943, and May,
1944.
The county campaign, which was
launched late last year, had just
been completed and plans were be
ing made to continue the financial
effort throughout Western North
Carolina when war broke out in the
Pacific. In the face of the national
crisis, the committee decided to dis
continue the campaign for an in
definite period.
Committee members emphasized
this week, however, that the cam
paign will be completed.
Events Of All-Day Program
For Next Tuesday Here
Are Listed
SPEAKERS NAMED
The annual Asheville district con
ference of the Methodist church
will be held at the Brevard Metho
dist church on Tuesday, May 12, ac
cording to announcement by the
pastor, Rev. E. P. Billups. Hundreds
of church laymen and officials
from over this section of the state
are expected to attend. Addresses
are scheduled by such important
church officials and lay leaders as
Professor O. V. Woosley, superin
tendent of Children’s Home, Win
ston-Salem; Dr. E. J. Coltrane, pres
ident of Brevard college; Judge Guy
Weaver, of Asheville; Rev. L. B.
Abernethy, of Elkin; Rev. W. L.
Hutchins, Waynesville district sup
erintendent; and many others. Rev.
Dr. M. T. Smathers, Asheville dis
trict superintendent, will preside,
and the sermon of the day will be
brought by the Rev. C. S. Kirkpa
trick, Marion district superintend
ent.
The program will open at 9
o’clock Tuesday morning with a
short devotional service, followed
by an organizational meeting, whet*
the secretary and assistants will be
elected. Other features on the
morning program will include the
roll call, a report by the local pas
tor, recognition of superannuates;
and exhorters, committee report on:
youth activity, committee report
on Christian education, an address
on Christian education by Dr. E. J.
Coltrane, and an address on exten
sion training and camp activities by
Miss Elizabeth Oliver. The ser
mon will be given at 11:30 o’clock,
and following that the election of
district lay leader and associate lay
leaders will be held.
Lunch will be served at 12:30
o’clock by the ladies of the Brevard
Methodist church.
Scheduled activities for the af
ternoon program include reports of
the district trustees and of the
committee on lay activities, address
on the orphanage by Professor O.
V. Woosley, address on hospital and
the Golden Cross by Rev. Herman
F. Duncan, of Elkin, report on gen
eral and conference benevolences
by the Rev. L. B. Abernethy, of
Elkin, address on the Work of Our
Women by Miss Amy Hackney, of
Asheville, committee report on
Christian literature, address on
Christian Literature by the Rev. W.
L. Hutchins, committee report on
quarterly conference records, and
the pastors’ reports.
SUGARRATIONING
UNDER WAY HERE
Last Registrations Be Made
Thursday Not Later
Than 5 CPClock
Thousands of Transylvania citi
zens registered for the sugar ra
tioning cards at the elementary
schools of the county on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week, and registration was not
complete at press time Wednesday
night. However, J. B. Jones said,
he did not expect the time for re
gistration to be extended beyond
Thursday at five o’clock, date set
for closing registration.
More than 3,000 individuals had’
been registered at the Brevard ele
mentary school by noon Wednes
day. One teacher, Miss Edna Earle
Nanney, had registered a total of
more than 300.
Besides the 27 school teachers
in the Brevard district who are
registering persons, two college
students are also aiding With re
gistration on the college campus.
Largest family to register at the
Brevard school was one with an
even dozen members. Another
family registered in which all sev
en children were boys.
A “strange as it seems” item
turned up in the registration when
a man offered Miss Louise Moore
$20 for her service in helping him
register for the sugar rationing.
KIWANIANS TO MEET
The Brevard Kiwanis club will
hold its regular meeting at the
Moffitt House on Thursday at 12:15^
it has been announced.
Don M. Jenkins, will be in charge
of the program. The subject to
be taken up is Municipal Admini
stration.