GOVERNORS AT CONFERENCE GIVEN LUNCHEON AT ECUSTA
Hospital Dedicated
By Gov. Brouahton
Patients Moved Into New
Transylvania Hospital
Here Yesterday
The Transylvania Community
hospital is now open to the public j
after dedication exercises last Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o’clock with
Gov. J. M. Broughton the principal
speaker.
Miss Myrtice Dillard, hospital
superintendent, said the move
from the old hospital to the new
building was being made yesterday
and all patients would be in the
new $90,000 hospital today.
Gov. Broughton, in his dedicatory
address, said he had looked over
the hospital and “I find it to be
one of the best equipped that can be
found in the state. It is complete
in every detail.”
The program at the dedication
exercises was opened with playing
of the national anthem by the
Ecusta band, and later Gov. Brough
ton commented as to this appro
priate selection. The governor
pointed out the conditions under
which Francis Scott Key wrote
“The Star Spangled Banner”, which
was at a time when fortunes of this
country were at lowest ebb. “Sure
ly we in this day of might and
power can have every confidence
that in due time our flag will be
dedicated to a victory ... to bring
peace to us and the world ” he said.
Dr. E. P. Billups, pastor of the
Methodist church, gave the invoca
tion, and Gov. Broughton al> no*‘
ed this when he said, “No hospital
should be dedicated without asking
the blessing of the Great Physic
ian.”
J. B. Jones, chairman of the pro
motion committee of the hospital,
presided over the program, and
also presented the building. A
letter from Dr. E. S. Rankin of the
Duke Foundation, who could not be
present, was read by Ralph H. Ram
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STORES TO HAVE
15-MMITE SALE
BONDS & STAMPS
‘Retailers For Victory’ On
July 1 Be Observed By
All Concerns Here
All sales of merchandise will be
suspended in the stores and busi
ness establishments of Brevard for
15 minutes on July 1 beginning at
12 noon in cooperation with a na
tion-wide tribute to America’s war
effort, the local Chamber of Com
merce said yesterday.
Managers and operators are co
operating 100 per cent here in this
tribute, Mrs. Ralph Fisher, the
chamber secretary, reported.
During this 15 minute period,
the stores will devote the time to
the sale of War savings stamps and
bonds exclusively. The managers
will secure the stamps and bonds
from the local post office for the
sale period, and Postmaster Cole
man Galloway urged yesterday
these be obtained this week in ord
er to avoid a last minute rush.
The 15-minute campaign is being
called “Retailers For Victory”, and
the U. S. Treasury department has
been notified that Brevard will
show 100 per cent unity in this vital
program.
Customers are also asked to co
operate with the business estab
lishments t»y not calling for sales
during the 15-minute period next
Wednesday, but instead, purchas
ing War savings stamps and bonds.
DELIVERY GOODS IS
CHANGED AT ROSMAN
J. W. Dickson, commodity clerk
of WPA in this county, said yester
day the days of delivery at the
Rosman storeroom had been chang
ed to June 29-30 and July 1, instead
of until July 7.
Blood Spilled In Bitter Fights
Around Sevastopol And In Libya
While governors, war agency
heads and ambassadors gathered to
discuss the war effort at the nation
al governors conference in West
ern North Carolina, the world at
war found bitter fighting around
Mediterranean fronts as Tobruk
and Sevastopol became besieged
fortresses during the week.
The Russians were plugging gaps
which they said would be defended
to “the last drop of our blood,” and
in their lines around Sevastopol,
the German blood was reported to
have run heavy as German infantry
pushed over mounds of their owm
dead.
The British army in Egypt also
reinforced for a strong fight af
ter making a new stand 30 miles
inside Libya. The United States
army air cor£s is cooperating with
the Royal Air force in heavy at
tacks on axis bases along the Egyp
tain frontier.
Winston Churchill was in Wash
ington this week for another talk
with President Roosevelt, and the
second front question went unan
swered except for assurance that
American airmen in Great Britain
soon would bomb Germany in
force.
Japanese invaders of isolated
Aleutian island points wrere “get
ting smacked” wherever a rift ap
peared in the fog banks, but the
Japs had the advantage of fog and
rain in that section at this time of
the year.
The RAF, after a lull because of
bad weather, began sending fight
ers and American-made bombers
against French seaports across the
channel.
British naval losses in the recent
air-naval battle in the Mediterran
ean was put at one light cruiser,
four destroyers, and two escort ves
sels.
PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS AT HOSPITAL DEDICATION SATURDAY
GOVERNOR J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON, is shown above at the left delivering the principal address on the
steps of the new Transylvania Community hospital last Saturday afternoon. At the moment Governor
Broughton labels the hospital a “lighthouse of health for every section of Transylvania.” On the right The
Times staff photographer snaps Governor Broughton and Harry H. Straus, president of Ecusta, inspecting
the inside of the modern hospital.
FULL-TIME PILOT
TRAINING COURSE
TO BEGIN JULY 1
Application Now Being Ac
cepted At Brevard Col
lege For Study
A full-time eight-weeks Civilian
Pilot Training course offered by the
Civilian Aeronautical administra
tion will begin here at Brevard Col
lege on July 1 and applications are
now being accepted, Cordinator
G. W. Campbell announced yester
day.
There have been two major chan
ges in the program, Mr. Campbell
pointed out. They are: The age
limits have been expanded from
18 to 26 years, as they have been
in the past, to 18-37 years, and no
college training is to be required
in the new program.
Oscar Meyer, Jr., flight contract
or of the Meyer Flying service at
Hendersonville, and Mr. Campbell
have just, returned from a confer
ence at Atlanta, where CAA per
sonnel and training contractors dis
cussed the new program.
The Monroe Wilson American Le
gion post of Brevard will assist in
getting applicants for the civilian
training, according to W. J. Wallis,
post commander. The Legion is
helping over the country to get the
5,000 trainees needed.
Applications for the CPT course
may be obtained either at Brevard
college or at the office of The Tran
sylvania Times.
The course will consist of 240
hours of work in ground school
and a minimum of 35 hours flight
training. All ground work will be
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} LAURELS f
[ To
I DR. NEWLAND
T
Many have combined their ef
forts to make' possible the new
hospital for Transylvania coun
ty, but “laurels” go this week
to Dr. Charles L. Newland for
helping establish the hospital
from which the present one
grew.
’Victory’ Celebration Will
Be Given Here July 3rd
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Hot And Humid |
Is Southern Report |
Hot and humid weather f
over the South was reported |
last week end, and even the i
cool breezes in the mountains j
of Transylvania turned some- |
what warmer with the hotest j
day of the year being record- I
ed Saturday when the thermo- j
meter rose to 92 degrees.
Those attending the dedica- I
tion of the hospital here will 5
attest the fact that the weath- !
er was “most unusual” for j
Brevard, which was on the j
day preceding June 21, long- J
est day in the year. !
TEST BLACKOUT
BE HELD AFTER
GET INSIGNIAS
A test blackout will be made in
Brevard as soon as civilians com
plete auxiliary firemen and police
men courses, according to the chair
man of the county defense council,
Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr.
The civilians are now being giv
en auxiliary courses under B. H.
Freeman, chief of police, and John
W. Smith, chief of the fire depart
ment, in order to qualify for Civil
ian Defense arm bands.
The insignias are obtained for
air raid wardens, fire watchers, me
dical corps, firemen and policemen
in order that officials might be
spotted during a test blackout.
Service Be Given
Veterans July 5
A special religious service for ex
service men and especially for fam
ilies of the boys in the armed for
ces of this country will be given
in Brevard at the First Baptist
church on the evening of July
5 at 8 o’clock, officers of the Mon
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Parade Be Held; Patriotic
Program Arranged High
School Auditorium
A “Victor Day” celebration will
be held in Brevard on the eve ol
July 4, and plans are now being for
mulated by the Transylvania Wai
savings staff to have a parade and
“Victory” program,
Complete details of the arrange
ments will be announced next week,
but meetings of the staff have beer
held during the week to outline the
gala program. The “Victory” par
ade will be held at 8 p. m. on Julj
3 with all organizations in the coun
ty participating, including the Am
erican Legion, Boy Scouts, civic
clubs,Ecusta band, women’s organi
zations, and others.
A program will be given in the
Brevard high school auditorium im
mediately following the parade,
with several patriotic numbers plan
ned. Feature of the program wil]
be a free patriotic motion picture
which will be brought here by Dick
Carter, local theatre manager.
Mrs. Melvin Gillespie will be in
charge of the musical program
which will include the Ecusta band
The patriotic program will place
special emphasis on sale of Wai
savings stamps and bonds.
NYA PROJECTS BE
DISCONTINUED IN
BREVARD JULY 1
Two Projects Employing SO
Boys And Girls Will
Be Stopped
The National Youth Administra
tion will close two projects employ
ing 60 boys and girls in Transylvan
ia county next Wednesday, accord
ing to announcement from the area
director, Leo Manley, and the only
NYA project in Western North
Carolina to be continued is the de
fense training center at Newbridge.
The sawmill project, directed by
F. H. Holden and employing 40
boys, will be discontinued here. Al
so to be stopped is the gardening
and canning project employing 20
girls.
The boys’ project has been car
ried on in a building near the Bre
vard depot, and has accomplished
creditable work while operating
here. The NYA hut near Brevard
high school was built under this
sawmill project, and when inspect
ed by state officials, the local shop
was asked to make a replica at the
state fair in Raleigh two years ago.
All non-defense NYA projects
are being discontinued, and the
Newbridge center is going on a 24
hour basis and will serve as an ad
ministrative unit to serve 21 coun
ties including Transylvania. All
youths on projects being closed will
be interviewed for placement in a
NYA resident training center.
Jaycee Dance Postponed From This
Week But Season To Begin Monday
The first street dance, sponsored
by the Junior Chamber of Com
merce, was postponed last Monday
night because of the revival being
held this week at the Baptist
church, the Jaycee president said
yesterday.
With the weather permitting, the
street dance will be held next Mon
day night and each Monday night
thereafter during the tourist sea
son. As previously stated, a 10c
war savings stamp will be the price
of every alternate dance. Stamps
will be on sale at bandstand each
Monday night.
John Pickelsimer and Red Full
bright, assisted by Karl Straus and
Ed Rothbauer, will be in charge of
arrangements. A local string band
will play and the dance will be
held as usual in front of the high
school.
SINGING MEET SUNDAY
The lov^er district singing con
vention will be held next Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Boyl
ston Baptist church. All singers
and the public are invited.
ADJOURN 4-DAY
CONFERENCE AFTER
INSPECTING PLANT
President Straus Is Host Of
International Dignitaries
At Plant Here
Governors, chiefs of federal war
agencies, and ambassadors from
Allied Nations are being luncheon
guests this Wednesday at 1 o’clock
of the Ecusta Paper corporation,
with President Harry H. Straus be
ing host to the most distinguished
group of notables ever to gather
in Transylvania county.
The delegates of the 34th Na
tional Governors conference, which
has been held in Asheville the past
four days, will be shown through
the huge plant at Pisgah Forest
following the luncheon, and will
see the only manufacture of cigar
ette paper in America.
Governor Harold E. Stassen of
Minnesota is conference chairman
and Governor J. M. Broughton of
the host state is honorary chair
man. The conference opened Sun
day with a visit to the Biltmore
House followed by a buffet supper
at the Biltmore Forest Country
club, and is ending with the visit
to the Ecusta plant.
With the adjournment following
the visit to Ecusta, the guests will
be invited to inspect the scenic
wonders of Transylvania county,,
and to drive to Pisgah National For
est. The dignitaries will be return
ing to their positions of state fol
lowing the close of the four-day
meeting.
Ambassadors of Great Britain,
China and The Netherlands have
attended the conference, in addi
tion to governors of nearly all of
the states in the Union and Wash
ington notables.
The entire program of the con
ference has been intensely patriotic
and carried lofty spirit and in
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18-20 YEAR OLDS
REGISTER TUESDAY
Places Of Registration To
Be Same As Last Time
Over The County
The 18 and 19 year olds of Tran
sylvania county will register for
possible Selective Service next
Tuesday from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. at
the same places as for the fourth
registration, and approximately 350
are expected to be signed, accord
ing to board officials.
Places of registration, with chief
registrars, will be as follows; Coun
ty courthouse, C. M. Douglas and
W. A. Wilson; Brevard city hall,
Alex Kizer; Pisgah Forest, Patton’s
store, John B. Fortin; East Fork,
voting booth, Loren Crow; Oakland,
Cash’s store ,L. E. Cash; Boheney
school, T. C. Henderson; Lake Tox
away, McNeely’s store, Henry Mc
Call; Cedar Mt. school, Miss Vera
Jones; Rosman elementary school,
Frank Morgan; Penrose, Talley’s
store, W. I. Talley; Little River
school, Hal Hart; Gloucester, Sil
versteen school, Willie Vance Gallo
way, and Balsam Grove post office,
Mrs. Alcovia McCall.
The office personnel of the draft
board will also register young men
under the fifth registration, which
includes all bom after January 1,
1922, and before June 30, 1924.
CULBERT L. OLSON
Governor of California
SPESSARD L. HOLLAND
Governor of Florida
DR. ALEXANDER LOUDON
Netherlands Ambassador
VISCOUNT HALIFAX
British Ambassador
DR. HU SHIH
Chinese Ambassador
DONALD M. NELSON
Chmn. War Production Board
LEON HENDERSON
Price Administrator
From All Points Of The Globe Come Dignitaries To Transylvania