The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 34.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942
PUBLISHED WF.PICI.V
Trucks Cannot Haul County’s
Scrap Collection Fast Enough
91 TONS TAKEN IN
PAST THREE WEEKS
Suggested Scrap Rally Is
Postponed As It Would
Disrupt The Drive
A junk rally, suggested by the
War Production Board for every
county in the United States, can
not be held for the time being in
Transylvania county because more
scrap is being offered for collec
tion than the trucks can haul
away, according to Howard D.
Wyatt and Julian A. Glazener of
the county salvage committee.
“This would tear up our or
ganization already functioning,”
Chairman Wyatt said yesterday.
“We have more scrap in the
county than we* can collect.”
Approximately 91 tons of scrap
have been collected in Transylvania
in the past three weeks, Mr. Wy
att said, in the collection through
out the county with WPA trucks.
“We cannot go ahead with a
junk rally as requested by the
War Production Board because
there are not enough trucks to
get this salvage,” the salvage
chairman declared. “The scrap is
pouring in from over the county.”
A renewed drive is being re
quested over the United States, as
a threatened shortage of steel and
iron may cause some defense in
dustries to be curtailed unless
enough scrap can be salvaged.
The quota given for every person
is 112 pounds of scrap within the
next six months. This would be
over 1,344.00 pounds of salvage
from Transylvania county alone.
Mr. Wyatt said the town has
been falling down on t\0 o&ay
collection, and most salvage is
coming from the rural commun
ities.
Junior Commandos
Being Organized
For Local Youth
The junior commando organiza
tion in Brevard is being formed
under the sponsorship of the jun
ior chamber of commerce, with Dr.
E. O. Roland in charge, and all boys
and girls between the ages of 10
and 20 wishing to be commandos
should see or notify Dr. Roland at
once.
A meeting to organize and select
ranks in the junior commandos
will be held here in about two
weeks, Dr. Roland said. Teams
will be formed for both girls and
boys, and ranks will be same as
in the army.
Under sponsorship of the Jay
cees, the youngsters are being or
ganized to aid in a sustained scrap
collection drive that is expected to
last for the duration.
‘Patty’ Is Found,
The Lost Spaniel
“Patty” has been found and the
J. S. Bromfields are a happy house
hold again.
The red cocker spaniel of that
name, owned by the Bromfields
here, was taken August 9, and Mr.
Bromfield ran lost ads in several
papers for return of the dog. He
had answers from several places,
and two people in Charleston, S.
C., were certain they had found
the dog. However, she was spied
by a traveling man on the highway
near Hendersonville, and Mr.
Bromfield was called here Tues
day that the dog had been found.
Misenheimers
Get In Fight
The Misenheimer boys of
Brevard are going to help
win this war.
Ralph left yesterday to be
examined at an induction sta
tion, and if accepted, will
join three brothers already
in service. ?A11 are sons of
Mr. and Mrs C. F. Misen
heimer.
James is in Northern Ire
land with the U. S. Army,
and Craig is also in i^e army.
Harold is in the Marine
corps. Johnnie, 16, young
est son, will probably onlist
when he is out of high scnool.
“VICTORY CROPS" ON THE FARM of Brevard College are now
being produced for canning purposes, and the vegetables will be
served in the college dining hall throughout the winter. A portion
of the farm is shown above, as student workers under the super
vision of G. H. Farley, hoe out weeds. Boys working are (left to
right) Leo Fisher, Harry Shroat, Richard Robinson, Elbert Greg
ory, Shorty Harris, and the supervisor, Mr. Farley. (Staff Photo)
Marines Lodged
In Opening
United States Marines have
Southeastern Solomons, and '
Japanese thrust which most
of Australia and its supply lii
The Japs seem to be making a
special issue of this opening of
fensive of American forces, and
have been throwing many planes
and*»..ips into the Solomons en
gagement. A showdown naval fight
was expected, and a crisis in fight
ing north of Australia seemed on
the way.
Tokyo remained silent about the
fate of the Japs in the Solomons,
which meant at least that our Ma
rines had caused trouble there.
A foretaste of a second front
was experienced on the French
coast yesterday when combined Al
lied forces made a Commando raid
on Dieppe, which saw American
Rangers enter the attack with
guns blazing on the soil of France
where their fathers fought 20 years
ago. The populace first thought
it an invasion but this was denied
in London.
In Russia, where Winston
Churchill has recently held a con
ference with Stalin and allied com
manders, the Russian resistance
was holding generally, but Ger
mans scored new gains in a drive
on Stalingrad. The Germans have
little less than 90 days before win
ter arrives, and have advanced pri
marily in the South Caucasus, but
have a long ways to go to down
Russia in three months.
War lever spread over Brazil
this week, after five Brazilian ships
were sunk in three days. Fury
was rising in Rio de Janiro.
Mixes Religion
In Her Banking
It’s happened in Brevard.
You’ve heard it before, but it
occurred in the local bank here
this week. A woman asked for
travelers’ checks, and was asked,
“What denomination, please?”
“Presbyterian,” she replied.
In Solomons
Offensive Drive
i gained a firm position in the
lave broken the point of the
threatened the eastern flank
les from the United States.
COLLECTOR WARNS
SHOW AUTO STAMP
Federal Use Stamps Can
Now Be Purchased At
Revenue Office
The law requires that the Fed
eral Use stamp be purchased and
displayed on all vehicles, and these
stamps should be posted on wind
shields immediately, the deputy
collector of internal revenue, S. E.
Varner of Brevard, pointed out yes
terday.
“The stamps should have been
purchased while they were still at
the post office,” Mr. Varner said,
“but if this was not done, the ve
hicle owner is delinquent and will
have to purchase a stamp from the
collector of internal revenue.”
Mr. Varner is in his office in the
basement of the post office, room
nine, each Monday from 8:30 a.
m. to 5 p. m., and from 8:30 to 12
noon each Saturday. Other days he
is in the counties of Jackson,
Swain, Graham, Cherokee, Clay
and Macon.
The purchase of the $5 stamps
can be made in cash at the tax col
lector’s office, but if ordered
through the mail, a post office
money order should be sent pay
able to Collector of Internal Rev
enue, Greensboro, N. C., and sent
to Mr. Varner.
“It is my duty to see that all
persons operating automobiles or
trucks in the above counties com
ply with the Federal Use Stamp
act,” Mr. Varner asserted.
A rehearsal for the Holy City
cantata will be held this Thursday
evening at 8:30 at the Episcopal
church.
Daughter Of Hungarian Countess
Leaves After Summer In Brevard
Comlesse Gitta Sereny, daughter
of a Hungarian countess, left Bre
vard yesterday after being a coun
selor this summer at Camp
Deerwoode, girls’ summer camp
here.
Miss Sereny left here for Roan
oke, Va., where she will visit a
short time before going to New
York to begin a lecture tour of
34 states.
The Hungarian refugee was at
Dunkirk, when the British evacu
ated, and she was in Paris the
day before the Germans entered,
she says. She also was in Ger
many on a ten-days mission for
the Red Cross and has, therefore,
seen much of the World War II.
Dunkirk she describes as a
“place of all noise,” contrasting
with a deathly silence over Paris
, as the Nazi soldiers took over
these places. The comtesse was in
Dunkirk as a volunteer nurse with
the Allied armies, and was there
48 hours before being flown out
by a passenger plane to Paris. But
she was not in Paris long, before
evacuating for a small town about
40 miles away.
As a nurse in occupied France,
Miss Sereny was in an old French
castle to assist with the care of
26 abandoned children, as well as
to render medical attention in a
35 mile radius, because doctors
had evacuated. The Germans were
more lenient with the nurses, she
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Camp Edition
Is Supplement
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The annual camp edition
of The Times is included as
a supplement of this issue,
and copies of this edition
are going out through the
camps over Eastern America.
The purpose of this edition
is to give the parents of the
children who attend Tran
sylvania summer camps a
better insight on this section
and the life of a camper. Al
so, to encourage vacationists
to visit this Sapphire coun
ty. H
RED CROSS OPENS
AQUATIC SCHOOL
AT LOCAL CAMP
Courses Begin Sunday And
National Staff To Be
Here Until Sept. 2
The American Red Cross will
conduct the second National Aqua
tic school of this season at Camp
Carolina here beginning Sunday
to last until September 2, which
will be the last of the 18 similar
schools conducted over America
by the Red Cross this summer.
Harry Kenning, the school
director and field representative
for the Eastern area, announces
courses designed to train water
safety instructors to conduct acci
dent prevention courses and de
velop more extensive water safety
programs in local Red Cross chap
ters.
Final plans for the courses will
be completed at a meeting of the
faculty here Saturday. The school
formally opens Sunday, and
courses will stress thorough train
ing in swimming, life saving, ac
cident prevention, first aid, and
the handling of canoes and small
craft.
Members Of Faculty
Serving with Mr. Kenning as
members of the faculty are six
members of the national staff of
the Red Cross and a number of
volunteer experts. National staff
representatives include: Charles
Mix, assistant director of the
school, who will instruct in boat
ing and small craft; Eugene Jones,
canoeing; Dr. W. J. Fenton, first
aid; Emil Lewis, life saving; James
Hall, first aid and accident pre
vention, and Louis Armstrong,
first aid.
Volunteer members of the staff
include: Aziel McCurdy, of Hunt
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Lions’ Mock Trial
Friday Evening In
School Auditorium
A mock trial will be given by
the Brevard Lions club this Fri
day evening at 8 o’clock in the high
school auditorium.
The case is listed as “State vs.
Joe H. Tinsley and Alex Patter
son,” with trial to be before Judge
J. I. Ayers. Clerk of court is D.
J. Luther, with Carl Hardin acting
as sheriff. Prosecuting attorneys
are Trantham and McMahan, with
Anderson and Ford council for de
fense.
Summoned as witnesses include
Rev. B. W. Thomason, Dick Car
ter, D. L. Moore, Dr. Julius Sader,
Eddie Varner, Rev. E. P. Billups,
Frank Kerber, Dr, E. O. Roland,
Hal Kilpatrick, and Freeman
Hayes.
Charles Moore, in feminine at
tire, will be court reporter, while
John Rufty is baliff.
Street Dances To
End Here Monday
The last street dance of the
summer season will be given next
Monday evening in front of the
high school here, the junior cham
ber of commerce decided at their
regular meeting Tuesday evening
at Brevard college.
The street dance has been a
weekly attraction for summer visi
tors and residents. In ' event of
rain Monday, the dance will be
given Tuesday evening.
Union Service At
Episcopal Church
The union service of combined
churches of Brevard will be at
the Episcopal church this Sunday
evening at 8 o’clock.
Choral numbers will be by the
combined choirs of Brevard, and
the Rev. B. W. Thomason, First
Baptist church pastor, will deliver
the sermon.
School Year Opens First Time
With Addition Of 12th Grade
Eagle Scouts Of Brevard
TOP RANKING EAGLE SCOUTS of Brevard are Buddy Tan
kersley (left) and Henry Summey, members of Troop 1 of Bre
vard, of which Dr. E. O. Roland is scoutmaster. These scouts re
ceived the coveted award at the Court of Honor held here last
Friday at the Baptist church, and obtained Eagle badges for hav
ing 21 merit badges.
Times To Publish Lists For
County 'Share-a-Ride Trips
In a special effort to help readers of this newspaper
travel during the emergency, The Transylvania Times
will aid in the formation of “Share-a-Ride” trips by print
ing the names of those persons who wish to take along
passengers to share the expense as well as those persons
who seek rides to various destinations.
GAME SEASONS ARE
GIVEN-BY WARDEN
Squirrel Season Will Be
First To Open; Others
Dated With Limits
E. R. Galloway, county game
warden, this week announced open
season on game in Transylvania
this Fall, with bag limits.
Open seasons are: Bear, Oct. 20
to Jan. 1, bag limit of two for
season; deer, Oct. 1 to Jan 1,
three for season; opossum and rac
coon, Oct. 20 to Feb. 15, no lim
it; otter, no open season; quail,
Nov. 26 to Feb. 10, 10 per day and
150 for season; rabbit, Nov. 26 to
Feb. 10, no limit; squirrel, Sept.
15 to Dec. 15, six per day; turkey,
no open season; ruff grouse, Nov.
26 to Jan. 1, two per day and 10
for season.
The warden pointed out it was
unlawful to hunt on Sunday. Other
restrictions make it illegal to hunt
over baited area, or to use shot
gun larger than 10-guage or an
automatic or hand-operated re
peating shotgun capable of hold
ing more than three shells. The
magazine must be plugged so as
not to hold more than three shells.
Dove season in the state is from
Dec. 1 to Dec. 30, with daily bag
and possession limit of ten, and it
is illegal to shoot them before
sunrise or after sunset
NO C. OF C. MEETING
The Brevard chamber of com
merce did not hold a regular meet
ing last Thursday night, and will
not meet this month, according to
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, secretary.
The Times has undertaken this
task in realisation of the drastic
travel conditions brought about by
rationing and shortage in addition
to crowded conditions on bus and
train.
The objective is to bring to
gether automobile drivers who use
their cars on tha highways and
persons who are willing to share
expenses for the privilege of rid
ing. It is against the State law
for passenger car owners to charge
fares for rides, but it is permis
sible to share expenses.
It is not the purpose of The
Times to act as a travel bureau or
booking agency, but merely to as
sist readers looking for ways to
travel.
Beginning next week, August
27, The Times will publish two
lists, one showing names of those
persons seeking travel to desig
nated points from Raleigh and
elsewhere, and another list show
ing the names, addresses, telephone
numbers, leaving times and desti
nation points of drivers using their
cars and willing to help during the
emergency by sharing their cars
with others.
Blanks appear elsewhere in this
issue for the convenience of those
who want rides and those who
have automobiles to share. This
information may be sent through
the mails, or by telephoning num
ber seven. However, the news
paper office will not attempt to
furnish any information except
as published each week in the
news columns.
The plan has been reviewed
and approved by the local War I
Transportation committee, whichI
has requested that The Times as
sist in the travel emergency des
tined to become more acute as the
war effort is accelerated.
Greatest Grandmother Believed
Living In Transylvania County
Mrs. Mary Ann Miller, of Quebec,
can challenge the nation in a
“greatest” grandmother contest.
Mrs. Miller, who observed her
eighty-third birthday Sunday, has
eight children, 42 grandchildren,
66 great-grandchildren and nine
great-great-grandchildren.
An Oakland, Calif., 98-year-old
woman issued a grandma chal
lenge recently, but she only had
seven children, 21 grandchildren,
13 great-grandchildren and five
great-great-grandchildren. Thus,
the Transylvania county grand
mother has more descendants, and
can better the challenge.
The eighty-third birthday of Mrs.
Miller was observed Sunday by a
family reunion and a dinner, which
was prepared by the children and
grandchildren, and spread on a
table prepared on the lawn near
the almost ice-cold crystal spring.
The birthday cake which adorned
the center of the table was deco
rated with 83 candles.
More than one hundred people
were present for the occasion. All
the children, and most of their
families, were present. The child
ren of Mrs. Miller are Tolvin Mil
ler of Lake Toxaway; Mrs. Leila
Lee,. Mrs. Bessie Fisher and Mrs.
Ida Whitmire, of Brevard; and
Mrs. Latha Thomas, Mrs. Emma
Fisher, Mrs. Nancy Fisher, and
Mrs. Lesa Loving, of the Quebec
community.
NO MAJOR CHANCES
MADE BUS ROUTES
Curriculum Changes Will Af
fect Eighth Grade More
Than Others
The 1942-43 school year opens
in the county next Wednesday,
which will be the first school ses
sion with a 12th grade, and Super
intendent J. B. Jones said this
will cause curriculum changes
mostly in the eighth grade.
The 12th year is optional for
those who graduated last year, and
TEACHERS MEETING
All principals and teachers of
Transylvania county schools will
meet at the Brevard high school
next Tuesday morning at 10
o’clock, Superintendent Jones said
yesterday.
courses of study for this grade de
pend largely on the number v/ho
elect to return, Mr. Jones pointed
out. The 12th grade students will
take elective courses of subjects
previously not taken.
All children six years old on or
before October 1 are entitled to en
roll in the first grade, Mr. Jones
said, but they must enroll in the
first month of school, under state
law.
No major changes have been
made in the bus routes in the
county, but the superintendent an
nounced a few. The Rosman high
school bus on the Brevard high
way will return on the Whitmire
road to Cherryfield before re
turning to the highway. The Sil
versteen bus will make a short
side trip on Golden road. The
Laurel Creek bus will be discon
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Honey Crop Being
Threatened From
Killing Of Bees
Honey bees are being killed over
Transylvania county by a disease
that is spreading faster than can
be controlled, and the county bee
keepers association has called a
meeting here August 28 at 8 p
m., in the agriculture classroom
of Brevard high school to discuss
this problem, according to David
Norton, association president.
The disease, known as fowl
brood, attacks the larvae of the
bee cells, and is spreading over
Western North Carolina and thro
ughout Transylvania county. The
only cure known to prevent the
spreading is to burn the entire bee
hive, but some beekeepers are re
luctant to do this, Mr. Norton
pointed out.
The importance of the honey
crop was called attention to by Mr.
Norton, who said it amounted to
four and a half million in this
state, with agriculture benefiting
by about 12 million dollars from
pollination. Also, honey takes an
added importance because of a
substitute for sugar.
$540 Contributed ^
To USO Campaign
The USO drive in Transylvania
county passed the half-way mask
on the quota this week when the
Silversteen Industries and Jos. S.
Silversteen contributed $125.25 to
raise the total to $540.06, accord
ing to Rev. B. W. Thomason, coun
ty treasurer.
No report has yet been received
from the county division, of which
Julian Glazener is chairman, or
the industrial division, with Geor
ge Wheeler as chairman, Mr.
Thomason said.
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HOME SEWING . . . Pg. 2
Is on increase, says story on
page two, as merchants say sew
ing needs much in demand.
EDITORIALS . . . Pg. 4
Telling Mrs. Roosevelt to cease
her addresses for the duration.
RIDE TO SHARE? . . . Pg. 8
Coupons to clip if you’re going
or wanting to go somewhere.
The Times will run your name as
a service.
MEN WITH COLORS ... Pg. 10
The men in service are followed
through this column.