The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 36.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IN TRANSYLVANIA
Germans Launch Smashing
Attack In Egypt And In
Russia Against Stalingrad
Renewal Drive In Nile Val
ley Started Monday* No
Progress Yet
The Germans are now throwing
their entire resources into the bat
tle of Stalingrad and into the re
newed battle of Egypt, while the
Chinese are scoring outstanding
victories over the Japs and the
RAF, with American bombers, con
tinuing to pound German-occupied
French coasts with devastating
fury and damage.
Counter-offensives by the Reds
drove the Germans back, but yes
terday a mighty force of German
tanks drove still closer to Stalin
grad and Moscow painted a gloomy
picture of the situation of all
fronts.
About two months after Rom
mel’s drive was halted near Alex
andria, the German Field Marshall
again renewed the battle through
the Nile Valley in a new battle of
Egypt.
In anticipation of final “all or
nothing” campaign for the riches
of the Middle East, the Allies have
been greatly strengthening their
forces and reports last night con
tinued to indicate that the Ger
mans have not made any progress.
A large number of American
pilots are taking part in the bat
tle to smash Rommel’s forces and
to drive the Axis out of Africa.
Military observers believe this
will be the major second front of
this fall. They are also wondering
where Japan will attempt to strike
next.
In an address Monday, President
Roosevelt again pledged the na
tion to the utter defeat of such
“inhuman tyrants” as the war lords
of Germany, Japan and Italy.
TO RATION MEAT I
IN NEAR FUTURE
President Calls For “Meat
less Days” And Wickard
Announces Rationing
The people of Brevard and Tran
sylvania county, as well as the en
tire nation’s population, will soon
be asked to observe “meatless
days” and within about four
months’ time, the red* meats will be
rationed, President Roosevelt and
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
have announced.
When rationing is started, “it
k will give our civilians approximate
ly 2Vz pounds of meat per person
per week,” Wickard said, “as con
trasted with the one pound to the
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BREVARD P-TA WILL
MEET NEXT TUESDAY
The Brevard Parent-Teachers as
sociation will hold its first regular
meeting of the new school year in
the auditorium of the local elemen
tary school next Tuesday afternoon
at 4 o’clock, Mrs. Lester D. Mar
tin, president, announces.
She also announced that a meet-|
* ing of the executive board will be
held at the same place on Monday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock. All of
ficers and chairmen of all commit
tees are urged to attend.
Nearly 150 Tons
Scrap Collected
During the past week over
29 tons of scrap metal and
697 pounds of old rubber
have been collected in Tran
sylvania county and hauled to
Asheville by the WPA trucks,
county salvage committee
members announce.
William Charles Kilpatrick,
project foreman, estimates
that nearly 300,000 pounds or
nearly 150 tons of scrap met
al have been gathered up in
Brevard and this county
since the renewed drive was
launched in July.
With the Junior Comman
dos, the women’s unit, the
community leaders and oth
ers at work, many more tons
are expected to be collected
within the next week or two.
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34 TRANSYLVANIA
MEN WILL ENTER
MIUTARY SERVICE
Eleven Left Yesterday And
23 Will Leave Today For
Fort Jackson
Of the 41 young men who were
sent from this county on August 19
for examination. 34 of them pass
ed and will be inducted into active
service at Fort Jackson, it was
learned from the draft board of
fice yesterday.
Eleven of these young men left
yesterday morning and 23 will
leave this morning.
In other words, of the 41 men,
approximately 83 percent passed
the army induction examinations,
which indicates that the boys are
healthier than some former groups
or that physical requirements have
been lowered.
Those who left yesterday were
James E. McCormick, leader of the
group, Julius L. Nicholson, Major
ine S. Bevaqua, Looney M. Powell,
James H. Anders, Cleo H. Brittain,
Thomas E. Poore, Hubert E. Med
ford, Charles E. Davis, Fleming
McCall and Marvin R. Chapman.
Leaving this morning at 10
o’clock will be:
William J. Middleton, leader;
Emmett McCall, Oscar R. Chap
'll Willkun M. jBanther, Hilliard
E. Fowler, Welch' Aiken, Clarence
M. Revis, Kenneth Edmonds, Roy
B. Raines, Debois L. Edmundson,
Ralph W. Misenheimer, Thurman
Wilson, Buford C. Murphy, Char
les L. Smith, Jim A. Green, Harold
J. Fouts, Columbus McCall, Vernon
M. Whitmire, Ernest B. Fisher,
George L. Grogan, Glen M. Morris,
Weilt T. Duckworth, and Rupert
H. Cliff.
HOLD LAST RITES
FOR C. M. SINIARD
Well Known Transylvania
County Man Died At His
Home Thursday
Columbus M. Siniard, oldest
member of the Brevard-Davidson
River Presbyterian church and the
local chapter of the Woodmen of
the World, died early last Thurs
day morning at ifls home near Bre
vard.
He was 83 years old and partly
attributed his good health and many
years to his long, white beard
which had not been cut off in over
50 years.
Funeral service was held on Fri
day afternoon in the Presbyterian
church, with Revs. Ashby Johnson
and J. R. Bowman officiating. Mem
bers of the W. O. W. assisted with
the service.
Honorary pallbearers were J. W.
Smith, S. P. Vemer, R. L. Gash,
W. W. Brittain, C. H. Trowbridge,
S. F. Allison, J. P. Bowen, Mr.
Tuggart, F. G. Norton, Claud For
tune, Fred Johnson and Oliver
Orr. The active pallbearers were
Edwin Morgan, Curtis Shook, J. B.
Canup, Edward Pitts, James Dick
son and Guy Dean.
Mr. Siniard was a native of Tran
sylvania and was widely known
throughout the county. He was one
of the early promoters of summer
camps in this section and sold land
on which the French Bfoad and
Camp Carolina were built.
He is survived by six sons and
one daughter, R. G. Siniard, Ocala,
Fla.; J. C. Siniard, Kingsport,
Tenn.; J. N. Siniard, S. H. Siniard,
0. N. Siniard and J. A. Siniard, of
Brevard, and Mrs. Harvey Sprouse,
Brevard. One aunt also survives,
Mrs. C. A. Shuford.
RED CROSS SCHOOL
CLOSED ON TUESDAY
The annual fall Red Cross
aquatic school at Camp Carolina
closed Tuesday night with a ban
quet and the awarding of certifi
cates.
“It was one of the best schools
we ever had and a very high per
centage of those enrolled finished
courses,” one of the directors stat
ed.
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View of Camouflaged British Plane Carrier
mm
This is the latest picture of the Formidable, a heavily-camouflaged British aircraft carrier, as
seen from the quarterdeck of the Warspite, veteran British battbleship which has taken part in num
erous sea fights in World War Two.
19 WILL FINISH
PILOTTRAININGAT
BREVARD COLLEGE
Applicants For New Course
To Be Given Instruction
c Saturday
Nineteen students, four of whom
are from Brevard, will soon finish
the Civilian Pilot Training at Ere
vard College, and plans are now be
ing made to start another CPT
course in the near future, G. W.
Campbell, CPT co-ordinator, an
nounced today.
Screening tests of applicants for
the next session are scheduled to
be held this Saturday evening at 7
o’clock. These tests will be given
by Dr. Burt W. Loomis, chief ex
aminer for the C.A.A. and director
of guidance and psychology at the
college.
Mr. Campbell estimates that ap
proximately 45 applicants are ex
pected to take the tests.
Included in the graduating class
from Brevard are Oliver Hendricks,
Calvin Raxter, Bruce Pettit, Lewis
Sims. They have received training
for army glider pilots, airline pilots
and flight instruction. Upon com
pletion of the training, the trainees
become enlisted men in the army
air corps reserve.
Girl Scouts Are
Sponsoring Style
Show On Wed.
A style show, featuring newest
fall fashions in women’s and misses’
clothing and accessories, will be
held at the Co-Ed theatre here
Wednesday evening under the spon
sorship of the Brevard Girl Scouts,
Mrs. Ashe Macfie, head of the local
Scouts, announces.
The show will start at 9 o’clock
and will last for about 30 min
utes, it is stated. “Beautiful fall
clothes will be modelled by beau
tiful local girls,” Mrs. Macfie said.
Winners store here is co-operating
with the girl scouts.
Showing at the Co-Ed next Wed
nesday night is the fascinating new
picture, “The Affairs of Martha”.
All profits made from the style
show will be applied on the scout
building fund.
306 GAS SUPPLEMENT
B & C BOOKS ISSUED
The county rationing board here
has issued 179 supplementary B
gasoline books and 127 supplement
ary C books, it was announced yes
terday.
Service books, for trucks and
taxis, applications to date total 210;
for non-highway purposes, 113 and
specials, 214. Only 20 applications
for supplementary gasoline have
been rejected.
AN INFANT SON PASSES *
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fletcher Mull, of North Brevard,
died early Tuesday morning, ahd
was found dead in bed. Death, it
was stated, probably resulted from
rash.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Carter had as
their week-end guests Mrs. Carter’s
parents, of Morganton.
County Again Passes Its War Bond
Quota 6* Makes Good Start For Sept.
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Buys Bond With
Silver Dollars
Silver dollars, , some of
which have been saved for
eight years, were' used by
Miss Helen Owen |© purchase
a war bond at the special
sale held at Co-Ed theatre
Tuesday night.
Miss Owen, who recently
bought a bond with 2-dbllar
bills which she had accumu
lated over a period of six
years, said she started saving
the “cart wheels” eight years
past, and only last week, had
sufficient number to purchase
a war bond.
Newest of the dollars was
dated 1935, and oldest 1879.
DR. JULIUS SAUER
TO ENTER SERVICE
To Report To Camp Pickett
Next Thursday With
" Rank Of Captain
Dr. Julius Sader, prominent
Brevard physician, will leave next
Thursday to enter medical service
as a captain in the army medical
corps at Camp Pickett, near Black
stone, Va.
Some time ago Dr. Sader offer
ed his services to the government
and this week he received orders
to report next Thursday. His fam
ily will continue to live here.
It is understood that Dr. Sader
has been endeavoring to get Dr.
Lynch to enter private practice and
to take over his office. However,
no announcement has been made
concerning this.
Dr. Sader came to Brevard
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$5,000 Worth Of Bonds Sold
At Public Sale In Thea
tre Tuesday Night
During the month of August,
Transylvania county again went
“over the top” in the sale of war
bonds and stamps, and a good start
towards reaching the September
goal was made at the public sale
held in the Co-Ed theatre Tuesday
night, Chairman E. H. McMahan
announces.
August sales amounted to $23,
256.25, which was $4,056.25 more
than the assigned quota of $19,
200.00.
Sales reports were: Pisgah For
est post office, $13,650; Transyl
vania v Trust company, $4,487.50;
Brevard post office $4,293.75; Fed
eral Savings and Loan, $637.50, and
Rosman post office $187.50.
A total of $5,000 worth of bonds
were sold at the theatre Tuesday
night: Through the co-operation
of the owners of- the local movie
houses, the public sale was staged
between showings. Chairman Mc
Mahan presided and Brevard boy
and girl scouts rendered several
patriotic musical selections. Jerry
Jerome and Vernon Fullbright act
ed as secretaries.
The nation’s bond sale goal for
this month is a billion dollars and
Transylvania’s quota will probably
be $30,000.
The local theatre and threatres
throughout the country have pledg
ed their full co-operation in help
ing to reach this high goal.
MISS CONE IS CALLED TO
DUTY AS AN ARMY NURSE
Miss Deana Cone, Dr. Julius
Sader’s office nurse, received a
call Tuesday to report at once
for army nursing duty at Camp
Gordon, Augusta, Ga. It is believed
that Miss Cone is the first nurse
from Brevard to be called to ser
vice. She has been here for over
a year and is a native of Georgia,
"Japan, N. C.", To Be Flooded By
TVA, Named After Japan Clover
By Staff Writer
About forty-one years before
Pearl Harbor, the late J. C. Ed
wards, father of the Plsgah Forest
postmaster, Dewey Edwards, had
the name of a now-famed post of
fice in Graham county changed
from Welch to Japan, N. C.
This information was obtained
from A. E. Hampton, United States
Commissioner here and field repre
sentative of the Security Life &
Trust company in Western North
Carolina, and confirmed by Post
master Edwards.
During recent weeks, “Japan, N.
C.” has been written up a number
of times in the newspapers. A
headline in The Knoxville News
Sentinel a few days ago stated,
“TVA Will Flood Japan—Not One
You’re Thinking”, and the story
read:
“Tva is planning to flood Japan
completely off of the map.
“It’s Japan, N. C., a small unin
corporated town of 235 persons.
Tlfe mountain community, the
TV A said, is in the area to be cov
ered by water of TVA’s Fontana
Dam, now under construction and
expected to be completed in 1944.
“Site of the town, Japan, will be
50 feet under water when the dam
is completed.
“Japan, which has a post office,
is located in Graham county, N.
C., midway between Tapoco and
Bryson City. f
“TVA officials here said they did
not know how the town got its
name.”
Mr. Hampton said he saw this
item in the paper, got interested
in the subject and found out the
following about the town’s name.
The post office was formerly
known as Welch and in view of the
fact that theA were a large num
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J.S. SILVERSTEEN
IS ON ANOTHER
WPB COMMITTEE
Appointed Serve On Chest
nut Extract Industry Ad
visory Committee
Jos. S. Silversteen, Transylvania
industrial leader, has been named
on the advisory committee for the
Extract Industry by I.
Spencer Shore, director division of
industrial advisory committees and
war production board. Mr. Silver
steen will attend his first meeting
of the advisory committee in Wash
ington on Thursday of this week.
Mr. Silversteen, who is head of
the leather, extract, and lumber
concerns at Brevard and Rosman,
is already serving as a member of
the national hide,leather, and shoe
industry advisory committee, hav
ing been appointed in 1941..
Duty of the board to which the
local leader has been named to ad
vise in increased production and
in use of chestnut in national parks.
Plants in the Silversteen group
at Brevard and Rosman employ
approximately 1200 men, and are
operating between 60 and 100 per
cent for the federal government
and allied trades war production.
Leather from the Transylvania and
Toxaway Tanning companies go in
to making shoes for armed forces,
while lumber from the Gloucester
plant at Rosman is being shipped
to government agencies, shipyards,
and other war industries.
TO HOLD FISHER
REUNION ON 12TH
Because of Request For
“Meatless Days”, Barbe
cue To Be Abandoned
The annual Fisher family re
union will be held at Lake Toxa
way Baptist church on Saturday,
September 12, starting at 10 o’clock
in the morning, President Ralph
Fisher and Secretary Mrs. L. F.
Norton, have announced.
“This reunion has been held an
nually at the same place for more
than 20 years and no suspension
of its customary convening will be
invoked this year, despite the war,”
; Mr. Fisher said.
I “However, in the fact of the an
ticipated request by President
Roosevelt of ‘meatless days’ for
America, the barbecue will be sus
pended, the family preferring that
meat be supplied to the men in our
armed forces,” he said.
Baskets will be provided by the
family housewives and the women
of the community.
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Lions Mock Trial
To Be Held Tues.
A repeat performance of the
Lions club mock trial will be held
next Tuesday night as 8 o’clock in
the high school auditorium, E. H.
McMahan, president, announced
yesterday.
“The mock trial, originally held
Friday night two weeks ago, was
highly successful, and due to the
fact we have had numerous re
quests for it to be given over again,
we’re repeating it, with new evi
dence to be offered and with prac
tically the same cast, on next
Tuesday night, September 8th,”
McMahan said.
The case is listed as “State vs.
Joe H. Tinsley and Alex Patter
son,” with trial before Judge J. I.
Ayers. Clerk of court is D. J. Lu
ther with Carl Hardin acting as
sheriff. Prosecuting attorneys are
Jack Trantham and E. H. McMa
han, with C. B. Carter and John
Ford council for defense.
WILL HOLD TYPHOID
CLINICS NEXT WEEK
The health department will hold
a clinic at Silversteen and Balsam
Grove schools for the purpose of
giving typhoid and diphtheria in
noculations and smallpox vaccina
tions to the school children and
anyone in the community who
wishes to take advantage of these
services.
The schedule is as follows:
Silversteen School—Friday, Sept.
11, at 9:30 a. m., and the next two
Fridays at same hour.
Balsam Grove School—Friday,
September 11, at 1 p. m., and the
next two Fridays at the same hour. ,
STORES HERE TO
CLOSE BUT MILLS
TO RUNAS USUAL
No Celebration Plans Ar
ranged. Town And Coun
ty Offices To Close
In harmony with the tune of
war times, next Monday, Labor
Day, will be a real “labor day” for
practically all of Transylvania
county’s 3,500 industrial workers,
but practically all of the store in
Brevard will be closed.
The Ecusta Paper plants, Sil
versteen Industries, Pisgah mills,
Wheeler Mill, Carr’s and Kay
woodie will hum as usual to the
rhythm of war production and vic
tory, a check up late yesterday re
vealed.
In keeping with a previous poli
cy, local stores and the bank will
close in observance sof the holiday
with the exception of drug stores,
cafes and filling stations.
Town and county offices will
likewise close Monday and the
post office will operate on a holi
day schedule.
No formal celebration plans have
been arranged and it is expected
that the day will be quietly ob
served here. A square dance will
be given Monday night at the
country club and golfing will no
doubt attract a large crowd.
A number of tourists have been
leaving this week, but others are
expected for the Labor Day week
end.
Published elsewhere in this issue
is a special “salute to labor’s epic
part in helping to win the war.”
Another slogan of the special
message to labor is that “Septem
ber is payroll savings month, do
your part, aim to win the war.”
COUNTY-SURE
QUOTA IS LOWER
Gets 24 New Tires and 41 Re
caps. Auto Quota Is 1;
Bicycles 2
Transylvania county’s tire, new
automobile and bicycle quotas for
September were announced this
week, with the tire and tube quotas
showing a marked reduction from
the August level.
The county has an allotment this
month of 3 new passenger tires, 17
passenger recaps and 13 new tubes.
Alloted for trucks are 21 new tires,
24 recaps and 29 tubes.
, The state’s tire quota for the
month is 900 new tires, 7,793 re
caps for passenger cars and 7,027
new tires, 7,549 recaps for trucks,
and buses.
E. H. Schellenberg, state tire ra
tioning specialist, warned that with
a material reduction over August
quotas, there was no relief in sight
and that it means more than ever
that tires should go to top essen
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MRS. SILVERSTEEN
TO SPEAK AT MEET
“How women can help with the
war” will be discussed by Mrs. J.
S. Silversteen at the monthly meet
ing of the Women’s Civic club
which will be held at 3 o’clock
Monday afternoon in the parlor of
the Brevard Methodist church, Mrs..
Oliver Orr, president, announces^
All members and others interested
in defense work are urged to at
tend. _
Want More Men
For U. S. Navy
Seven Transylvania county
men have already volunteer
ed for the Navy and will be
honored on Labor Day, when
a mass enlistment ceremony
is held in Asheville and it is
hoped that at least 8 others
from this county will enlist at
that time, Mayor Hardin,
chairman of a special Navy
committee, stated yesterday.
Appointed on the special
committee to help secure 8
other volunteers are Ralph
Ramsey, Chief Freeman and
John Anderson.
Men between the ages of
17 and 49 are eligible. The
recruiting office at Asheville
will be open at nights this
week and on Sunday.