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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 22
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
HOLD THE EIGHTH
ANNUAL FINALS AT
BREVARD COLLEGE
One Hundred Come Up For
Graduation; 94 Get Di
plomas At Exercises
MOSER IS SPEAKER
One hundred seniors, represent
ing 37 counties in North Carolina
and five states, were graduated
from Brevard college at the eighth
annual graduation exercises held
Tuesday morning in the college
auditorium.
Using the word Confidence as a
theme, Rev. Claude H. Moser, pas
tor of the Main Street Methodist
church, Gastonia, told members of
the graduating class, that every
structure of modern civilization has
been reared on confidence and
strength, and he ascribed the pres
ent chaotic condition of the world
to an almost complete loss of con
fidence among nations.
Ninety-four seniors received their
diplomas at the exercises, while
three were graduated in absentia
and three others had their diplomas
withheld until completion of a
civilian pilot training course in
which they are enrolled. President
E. J. Coltrane presided and, toge
ther with Dean C. E. Buckner,
awarded the diplomas.
In his address to the graduates
Rev. Mr. Moser elaborated upon
the theme of confidence by urging
them to be quietly confident at all
times—not necessarily confident of
themselves but of the universe in
which they live.
“Don’t be unduly concerned
about your future,” h£ said, “but
work in quiet confidence for the
present. By living whole-heartedly
in the present, we make the future
secure. That strength, safety and
happiness which will come in the
future will be direct results of
quiet confidence.
He said confidence was a word
which cannot be defined, but rath
er it is something to be felt.
Referring to the present world
war, the speaker stated that all
wars ever staged in the history of
the world have had their inception
in a lack of confidence. Victory in
the present strife is sure, he said,
and America will be all that we
desire when she reaches the con
clusion that material things are on
ly a part of that which is essential
to the continuance of a nation in a
world of nations. .
The graduation program Tuesday
morning was opened with a pro-1
cessional played by Miss Catherine
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NAVY DRIVE NOW
WELL UNDER WAY
Chairman Misenheimer Re
ports That Much Inter
est Being Shown
With the drive for the Navy Re
lief fund just getting under way in
the town of Brevard on Wednesday,
Chairman C. F. Misenheimer re
ported Wednesday afternoon that
the fund had already passed the
$400 mark and he expected a total
of $600 to be raised by Thursday
night.
Mr. Misenheimer praised the
work of Messrs. Carter and Shiflet,
managers of the Co-Ed and Clem
son theatres for their part in the
Navy relief drive. They reported
he said, a total collection of $180
for the Navy and Army emergency
funds. He also praised the girl
scouts for their work in connection
with making collections at the
theatres after each show for a cer
tain period.
In charge of the drive in the
town of Brevard are William Wal
lis, B. H. Freeman, Rev. B. W.
Thomason, J. B. Pettit, F. Brown
Carr, Alvin Rockwood, Tom Allen,
of the American Legion, along with
volunteer helpers.
D. E. Culver and H. J. Schain, of
Rosman, report almost $100 col
lected.
The Brevard Firemen, at a sup
per meeting Tuesday evening, vot
ed to give $25 to the fund.
Reports from Gloucester Lumber
company, Rosman Tanning Extract
company, Pisgah Mills, Wheeler
Hosiery, Transylvania Tanning
company and others indicate that
the response will be good, Mr.
Misenheimer stated. Gloucester
Lumber company and Rosman Tan
ning Extract Company went 100
Percent for the drive.
Mr. Misenheimer complimented
all workers and contributors for the
Part they are taking in the drive.
Interest High In Democratic
Primary To Be Held Saturday
Top Rank Scholar
MISS KATHLEEN DeLORIS
WILSON, above, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Wilson, of Bre
vard, had the highest scholastic
average among members of the
graduating class at Brevard col
lege this year, it was announced
at final exercises Tuesday. Her
average for two years was 2.696,
or better than a B plus. Miss
Jean Bennett, of Brevard, was
second ranking scholar. (Photo
by Austin)
TOURIST SEASON
PROSPECTS GOOD
Survey Shows That Inquir
ies From Tourists About
Equal Previous Years
Transylvania county, known
widely in the South as the “Land
of the Waterfalls,” is looking for
ward to another good tourist sea
son, despite war-time rationing and
shortages.
A survey this week among the
operators of the county’s leading
tourist homes and camps revealed
that inquiries from travellers this
spring are up to par, and reserva
tions are about on an equal with
last year and years previous to that.
The local chamber of commerce
has had communications from
throughout the South, and as a part
of its publicity work booklets tell
ing of the advantages of Brevard
and Transylvania county have been
sent out by the thousands.
Commerce chamber officials were
optimistic over prospects for the
incoming season, and members of
the junior chamber of commerce
are busy mapping a comprehensive
plan for the entertainment of tour
ists here this summer.
WILL REGISTER
TEEN-AGE BOYS
Youths aged 18 and 19 years old
will register for the draft on June
30, under the provisions of a pro
clamation issued by President
Roosevelt last Thursday, in a sweep
ing plan to corral America’s vast
manpower for a victory pool.
While it is not certain that youths
this age will be drafted into actual
military service, the registration is
being held for the purposes of the
manpower pool and for complet
ing a survey of the nation’s man
power resources.
Facts relative to the registration
of Transylvania youths will be pub
lished at a later date.
As candidates in the local
Democratic primary set out
down the home stretch this
week, far out in front, as far
as political interest is concern
ed, is the race for the Demo
cratic nomination for sheriff,
to be settled in the primary
election Saturday of this week.
Three candidates are in the
field, and all three are appar
ently running strong. The
candidates are Freeman Hayes,
owner and manager of Hayes
Motor company; T. E. Reid,
manager of Houston Furniture
Co.; and Tom Wood, a former
sheriff of the county.
Two other Democratic con
tests for nomination being set
tled in the primary election are
the clerk of court and county
coroner. Elmer Gillespie, of
Rosman, is running against the
incumbent, S. McIntosh, for the
clerk of court nomination, and
Purd Osborne is out against
J. C. Wike, inclumbent, for
nomination for county coroner.
M. W. Galloway, Democratic
candidate for state legislature,
is unopposed in the primary.
No Republican contests are
being settled by primary elec
tion, but the Republicans filed
a full slate for the fall election.
Only other primary contest
on which Transylvania citizens
will vote will be the contest
for nomination for United
States Senator. Richard T.
Fountain, of Rocky Mount, is
opposing the incumbent, Hon.
Josiah W. Bailey, for the nom
ination.
The various polling places in
the county will open at 6:30 a.
m., Eastern Standard War
Time, next Saturday morning
and will close at 6:30 p. m.,
Fred Johnson, election board
chairman here, stated. The
county board of elections will
meet on Tuesday morning,
June 2, at 11 o’clock,'to canvass
precinct returns.
NEWSMEN VISIT HERE
Carl Goerch, editor of The State
Magazine, Raleigh, and Bob Erwin,
Washington, D. C., representative
of a number of North Carolina
dailies and author of a weekly Tar
Heel column, visited in Brevard
and Transylvania county on Tues
day and Wednesday. Mr. Goerch
is planning an article on Transyl
vania, to appear soon in The State.
Tire Certificates
Issued By Board
The county rationing board
has announced the following
list of certificates issued dur
ing the past week for the
purchase of new tires and for
recapping.
Recap certificates went to
Dan W. Henry, for truck;
James L. Jones, for station
wagon hauling passengers; A.
M. Paxton, Jr., for bus; Clar
ence Robinson, for truck;
Spurgeon Owen, for truck;
and Arlon Williams, for
truck.
Certificates for new tire
purchases went to Alex Hen
derson, for truck; Ecusta Pa
per corporation, for truck; T.
A. Smith, for hauling work
ers; Carl Pressley, for haul
ing workers; Harry S. Loftis,
for mail carrying; J. Colie
Owen, for truck; and G. M.
Merrill, for truck.
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Victory Show To Be Given At
The Clemson Theatre By Lions
Under a plan sponsored by the
Brevard Lions club, the Clemson
theatre here will offer a free show
to Transylvania county citizens on
Wednesday night, June 3, begin
ning at 7 o’clock and continuing
through 11 o’clock. The feature
attraction will be Here Comes The
Navy, starring James Cagney and
Pat O’Brien, and the show is being
staged as a patriotic move on the
part of the theatre management
and the Lions club. The 'admis
sion will be free, but each person
attending must buy a war stamp
at the box office—and the purchas
er keeps the stamp. Managers
Shiflet and Carter, of the theatre,
are donating the expenses of the
entire show to the cause of victory,
and they have extended a cordial
invitation to all citizens to attend.
The Lions club committee which
has charge of the defense show
includes John Ford, as chairman,
E. H. McMahan, Alex Patterson and
J. I. Ayres.
At the recent meeting of the
Lions club two new members were
taken in. They were J. E. Rufty
and D. J. Luther.
At the next meeting of the
Lions, to be held on Thursday eve
ning, June 4, election of officers
will be held.
To Receive Degree
REV. E. P. BILLUPS, above,
pastor of the Brevard Methodist
church, will have the honorary
degree of doctor of divinity con
ferred upon him at annual gra
duation exercises at Morris Har
vey college, Charleston, W. Va.,
June 2, it has been learned here.
Mr. Billups and family leave this
week for West Virginia. (Photo
by Austin)
j.b7andersonto
BE EDITOR TIMES;
REPUCES McNEIL
McNeil Will Go To Charlotte
As A Member Of The
Associated Press
James B. Anderson, former edi
tor of the Greer, S. C., Citizen,
and more recently editor of The
Allegheny News, Sparta, has been
appointed editor of The Transyl
vania Times to succeed Kin Mc
Neil, Times editor for the past 15
months who on Monday, June 1,
will become a member of the staff
of The Associate^ Press, Charlotte
bureau. Mr. Anderson will take up
his duties at The Times on Monday,
June 1.
In announcing the change, Pub
lisher Ed M. Anderson said he was
glad to bring to Brevard a newspa
perman with the background and
experience of James Anderson. Be
sides the editorship of the Greer
Citizen and The Allegheny News.
Anderson has edited the Hampton
County Record, Allendale County
Citizen, and the Jasper County
Record, in South Carolina, and was
at one time a member of the staff
of the Greenville, S. C. News. He
received his academic training in
journalism at the University of
Florida. He is 28 years old, is
married and has one child, a son.
Mrs. Anderson is a graduate of
Converse college and an accomp
lished musician.
The rest of the staff of The
Times will remain as before, Pub
lisher Anderson stated.
McNeil, who prior to becoming
editor of The Times, served for a
year and a half as director of press
relations at Brevard college, will
go to The Associated Press in Char
lotte as a staff writer in charge of
the picture and mat service for the
two Carolinas. His wife and son
will go with him to reside in Char
lotte. In commenting upon his de
parture from The Times, McNeil
said: “I have thoroughly enjoyed
working with the people of Brevard
and Trhnsylvania county these past
fifteen months. My best wishes
stay with them.”
Tax Commissioner
Lists Hours Here
Jack Atkinson, deputy commis
sioner, North Carolina Department
of Revenue, has announced that he
will be in the office of the clerk of
court in the court house here on
the first and third Wednesday mor
nings of each month, from 10 to
12:30 o’clock.
Mr. Atkinson’s next appointment
in Brevard will be on Wednesday,
June 3, at the above stated hours.
Mr. Atkinson states that all beer
and wine licenses were due the
first of May and that state privil
ege licenses will be due June 1. He
said he would like to call special
attention to the fact that the lic
enses should all be posted in a
conspicuous place, as the state ex
acts a penalty of $25.00 for failure
to post the license.
In order to avoid a penalty he
suggested that these licenses be
bought promptly. He will be glad
to assist the merchants with their
tax problems.
The Island of Malta is 122 square
miles in area.
RED CROSS AQUATIC
SCHOOL IS TO OPEN
SESSION HERE SOON
Camp Carolina Will Be Scene
Of School From June
10—June 20
STAFF IS LISTED
Carrying war-time safety training
into the field of recreation in and
on the water, the American Red
Cross will conduct a National Aqu
atic school at Camp Carolina, near
Brevard, from June 10 to 20, it has
been announced by A. W. Cant
well, of Alexandria, Va., eastern
area director of first aid, water
safety, and accident prevention ser
vice.
Similar schools will be held in 18
sections of the country during the
outdoor season, Mr. Cantwell add
ed.
Designed to train water safety
instructors to conduct accident pre
vention courses and develop more
extensive water safety programs for
local chapters, the school will be
directed by Harry A. Kenning, field
representative in first aid for the
eastern area. Charles Mix has been
named assistant director. Assist
ing as dean of men is James R.
McMillan, veteran Red Cross volun
teer, said to be the first man in the
eastern area to receive the ribbon
service bar for 20 years of contin
uous service. Mr. McMillan is re
turning from Puerto Rico where he
has been developing first aid pro
grams for chapters.
Final plans for the courses will
be completed at a meeting of the
faculty on June 9. The school will
open formally on Wednesday, June
10. Courses will stress thorough
training in swimming, life-saving,
first aid, accident prevention, and
the handling of canoes and other
small craft. Increasing demands for
accident prevention training
brought on by the war will direct
added emphasis to this phase of the
program, Mr. Cantwell pointed out.
Serving with Mr. Kenning as
members of the faculty are five
national representatives of the Red
Cross, several chapter directors,
and a number of volunteers. Na
tional field representatives include.
C. Ben Stanton, Emil Lewis, Eu
gene Speer, Eugene Jones, and Er
nest Knight.
Chapter directors of first aid and
water safety participating as mem
bers of the faculty are: Jack Rod
man, Chattanooga; Daniel Leonard,
Nashville, and Woodrow Nealey,
Atlanta.
In addition to Mr. McMillan,
members of the volunteer faculty
are: Frank Culvern, Charlotte; D.
C. Duncan, Bluefield, W. Va.; Miss
Billie Howington, Tampa; Miss
Alice Cheesman, Atlanta; Hubert
Pastor, Shelby; Miss Miriam A.
Sheldon, Greensboro; Miss Louise
Stuhr, Charleston; Miss Rachel
Harris, Winter Park, Florida, and
Kenneth Wooten, Wilmington.
LOCAL GIRL BE
CLARION EDITOR
Publications editors and business
managers for the 1942-43 school
year have been elected by Brevard
College students.
Mary Alice Hardin, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Hardin, of Bre
vard, has been elected editor-in
chief of The Clarion, student news
sheet. Carland Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Claud E. Smith, of Rober
sonville, was was elected business
manager for The Clarion.
Douglas Brooks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Brooks, of Greensboro,
was elected editor-in-chief of The
Pertelote, annual student publica
tion. Philip Frazier, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Frazier of Randleman,
was elected business manager for
The Pertelote.
Ration Board Releases List
Of Gasoline X Card Holders;
Plan Eligibility Investigation
To Assume Pastorate
REV. E. ASHBY JOHNSON,
above, native of Columbus Ga.,
and who has just completed work
at Union Theological Seminary,
will assume the pastorate of the
Brevard-Davidson River Presby
terian church on June 1.
ABOUT SUGAR!
Forms for obtaining sugar
for home canning are now at
the local rationing board of
fice in the county court house,
and persons may make ap
plication for purchase certifi
cates any day during the week
during the regular office
hours, Mrs. Ernestine Davis,
board clerk, has announced.
On Saturday, however, no ap
plications will be received
from 10 a. m. until 12 p. m. and
from 1 p. m. until 3:30 p. m.
Applicants must always
bring war ration book number
one with them, Mrs. Davis
said.
COLTRANE TO PREACH
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
Brevard college, will preach at the
Brevard Methodist church next
Sunday morning, at 11 o’clock, it
has been announced by the pastor,
Rev. E. P. Billups. Rev. Mr. Bill
ups will be out of town for the
week.
Music will be furnished by the
church choir.
Citizen and The Allegheny News,
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| To Move Office
Of Ration Board
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County officials announced
; Wednesday that the county
rationing board office, now
housed in the commissioners’
room in the court house here,
will be removed to the Bre
vard elementary school build
ing, effective Monday June
1. The move is being made
because of lack of space in
the court house. The school
building in which the board
will be housed is the one on
the corner of Broad and Mor
gan streets, directly opposite
the post office. . n
The move is for the sum
mer only, it was stated, and
if rationing activity is contin
ued beyond that period, of
fices will be set up elsewhere.
Jaycees Plan Golf Tournament
For Residents Of Transylvania
A golf tournament under the
sponsorship of the Brevard Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce has been
planned at the Brevard Country
Club, Jaycee President John An
derson has announced. Any resi
dent of Transylvania county will
be eligible to enter.
The tournament will be a handi
cap event, and all golfers are re
quested to turn in three 18-hole
rounds qualifying score cards at
the club within the next three
weeks. The final round of the
tournament will be played the
week following the three weeks set
aside for Qualifying rounds. After
the qualifying scores are all in,
the handicaps will be made out.
Trophies will be presented by
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
to the winner and runner-up. Mer
chants in the town of Brevard will
give various prizes to the golfers
wtih high scores succeeding the
winner and runner-up. The prizes
to be contributed and the mer
chants cooperating will be announ
ced next week.
Entry fee for the tournament
will be $1. Those wishing to enter
should contact E. E. Fraser, club
manager, or Vernon Fullbright, at
the post office this week end, in
order that entry blanks may be
fiUed.
The Transylvania county ration
ing board this week submitted
for publication a list of auto
owners who obtained X cards
in the recent registration for gaso
line rationing. Board officials inti
mated that each and every case
would be closely investigated to
determine whether a person ob
tained an X card by misrepresenta
tion of the facts or through a sin
cere misunderstanding of the con
ditions under which one might be
obtained.
Randall W. Everett, chairman of
the county rationing board, said
that holders of X cards might turn
them in at any time to the board
office in the county commissioners’
room in the court house here, in
event they believe they are not en
titled to them. Already, several
people have turned in X cards, he
said, and obtained cards of lower
rank. The X cards permit unlimi
ted purchase of gasoline.
While a total of 241 motorists
obtained X cards in the registra
t, >n in this county, many of these
were truck owners and need not
have gone through the formality
of registering. The names issued
for publication by the rationing
board do not include truck owners
who obtained X cards.
Katiomng board members em
phasized that the names were not
being published purely as an ex
pose, but with the hope that the
general public might know just,
who obtained X cards and might,
thereby, help the board in ar
riving at a correct decision as to
who will be entitled to retain X
cards. Naturally, there is no ques
tion as to the right of many of the
persons listed to hold X cards, Mr.
Everett pointed out.
Those who registered in this
county and obtained X cards for
autos include Otto Alexander, Jes
sie Mae Alexander, Madison Alli
son, James A. Anderson, Moses L.
Bailey, Ralph Banning, Sid Bar
nett, Samuel Cary Beckwith, L. A.
Bennett, E. P. Billups, Mrs. Fred
E. Bishop, R. L. Blanton, J. R.
Bowman, N. H. Chapman, Dr. B. F„
Cliff, M. C. Corn.
A. F. Dalton, R. L. Drake, Dew
ey E. Edwards, Dr. E. S. English*
Frank Fanning, Mrs. B. D. Frank
lin, B. H. Freeman, Jess Galloway*
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NEW MINISTER TO
ARRIVE HERE SOON
Rev. E. Ashby Johnson Will
Take Post At Presby
terian Church
The new pastor of the Presbyter
ian Church, Rev. E. Ashby Johnson,
is expected to arrive in Brevard
June 1, church officials have an
nounced.
Rev. Mr. Johnson is a native of
Columbus, Ga.; a graduate of Pres
byterian College, graduate of Un
ion Theological Seminary, and has
just completed a year of special
work (the Moses D. Hoge Fellow
ship) at Union Theological Semin
ary. He has supplied churches at
Richlands, and at Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Johnson, also a native of
Columbus, Georgia, is a graduate of
Shorter College, and did special
work at the University of North
Carolina.
The local Presbyterian Church
has a long and estimable history.
The Davidson River Presbyterian
Church, “the Old Church by the
River” (4 miles north of Brevard),
was established in the year 1800—
more than sixty years before this
county was formed, and when this
territory was still Buncombe Coun
ty. The Brevard Church was cut
off from Davidson River Church in
1891. Forty years later, in 1931,
the two churches were merged un
der the title of Brevard-Davidson
River. The church has the Ses
sional Records back to June 1928,
and fragmentary records back to
1800.
The old church on the .river—the
third building—was erected in
1891. It is used regularly for Sun
day school, for occasional services,
and the regular annual “Davidson
River Day.”
The Brevard building was erect
ed about 1887, first as an outpost
or chapel of the old church.
Both buildings are Neo Gothic
in style, and are widely known for
their beauty and proportions.
Dr. George W. Meade, of Ashe
ville, will preach next Sunday
morning.