The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 41
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA’S SCRAP METAL GOAL IS 1,241,000 POUNDS
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METHUDIST to
HOLD A JUBILEE
DAY HERE SUNDAY
Will Feature Burning Of
Church Debt Notes. Di.
Smathers To Preach
Jubilee and Homecoming day
will be observed at the Brevard
Methodist church this Sunday, at
which time Rev. M. T. Smathers,
D. D., district superintendent, of
Asheville, will deliver the message
at the morning service at 11
o’clock, announcement has been
made by the pastor, Rev. E. P.
Billups, D. D.
The main purpose of the observ
ance is to celebrate the paying off
of the balance of the church debt,
in the amount of $5,090 and the
burning of the mortgage, which
will take place at the morning
service.
Immediately following the ser
vice, picnic lunch will be served on
the church grounds. All those at
tending are asked to bring well
filled lunch baskets for the oc
casion.
In addition to the untiring and
efficient efforts of the pastor. Dr.
Billups, in completing the debt
payment, other individuals and or
ganizations actively engaged in its
accomplishment, include: the com
mittee from the board of stewards,
of which Harry Sellers is chairman,
comprising Dr. J. F. Zachary, J.
E. Rufty and S. E. Varner; the local
department of the Women’s Soc
iety of Christian Service; the Sarah
Taylor Guild; and the Youth Fel
lowship.
“The payment of the debt at this
time was made possible,” the pas
tor said, “through the wholeheart
ed cooperation of every member of
the church, and the gracious spirit
manifested on the part of every
one.”
A considerable proportion of the
debt was paid by friends outside
of the congregation, a large amount
of which was from unsolicited con
tributors. The entire $5,090 was
raised within a period of less than
three months.
A brief history of the church
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35 TRANSYLVANIA
MEN ARE SLATED
FOR INDUCTION
Early Reports Revealed That
35 of the 55 Men Passed
Army Examinations
Of the 55 Transylvania county
men who were sent to Camp Croft
on September 30th for army exam
inations, 35 of them passed and
were accepted and a few others
were held for further examination
and no report has been received.
Those accepted are now at home
on furloughs and will leave for in
duction sometime next week.
Of the volunteers, 12 of them
passed. They were Waytha Powell,
James K. Dixon, Harry L. Mills,
Francis Plummer, Avery C. Powell,
John W. McMinn, Louis C. Miller,
Tom Bagwell, Charles E. Sims, Ar
thur E. Anders, Cyrus E. Chap
man and Jessie Pressley.
Twenty-three of the selectees
passing exams were Bert Wilson,
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Mayor Stressed Need
For Fire Prevention
In observance of Fire Pre- \
vention Week, Mayor Carl I
Hardin urges every citizen S
of Brevard to eliminate all 1
fire hazards and to be ex- |
tremely careful to prevent I
fires here in Brevard and in I
the forests.
“In connection with fires, |
an ounce of prevention is j
certainly worth pounds of I
cure,” Mayor Hardin said, j
Now, more than ever, it is j
the duty of every one to pre- 1
vent fires. Building restric- I
tions make re-building diffi- I
cult, as well as costly. Lum- j
ber from our forest is need- j
ed in the war effort
“Uncle Sam is depending I
on us to do everything we I
can to combat fires, and re- j
member it is Fire Prevention j
that counts most! We have a I
good fire department and
Pm proud of it, but let’s
PREVENT!”
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Willkie Holds Conference With Stalin
President Roosevelt’s personal representative, Wendell L. Will
kie, is shown with Josef Stalin, Soviet leader, when they met in
Moscow during his current visit to the Middle East, Russia, artd
China. This is a radiophoto.
'Transylvania Navy Week” To
Be Sponsored By Legion Post
In County October 25 To 31
Action Taken At Meeting
Here. Ralph Fisher Is
Appointed Chairman
RECRUITERS SPEAK
The Monroe Wilson post of the
American Region unanimously
voted Tuesday night at their reg
ular meeting here in the court
house to organize and sponsor a
“Transylvania Navy Week” to be
held during the week of October
25th — 31st.
Mayor Carl Hardin pledged full
cooperation from the town of
Brevard and said he was confi
dent the county would join in
making the observance a success.
Ralph Fisher was appointed
chairman of the “Transylvania
Navy Week” committee and com
mittees representing every section
of the county will be announced
next week. These men will be re
quested to assist in distributing in
formation to every citizen concern
ing the needs and opportunities of
fered by the Navy.
Chief Petty Officer W. S. Bas
kerville of the Asheville Navy Re
cruiting station and Yoeman
Adams spoke at the meeting. “The
men in the Navy from this area,”
Chief Baskerville said, “have es
tablished a name for Transyl
vania county of which you have a
right to be proud.” He also dis
cussed the opportunity offered
young men.
Post Commander W. J. Wallace
stressed the importance of this
observance and solicited the co
operation of all members and the
public.
A committee was appointed to
outline plans for an Armistice ob
servance, featuring the sale of
bonds and stamps and perhaps
Navy enlistment. This committee
is composed of Commander Wil
liam Wallis, Adjutant J. M.
Gaines, Ralph Fisher and two
other members.
Brown Carr, membership chair
man, reported that 45 members
had already been secured and ex
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COUNTY IS GIVEN
EXTRA ALLOTMENT
OF TRUCK TIRES
Fifty Recaps And 25 New
Tires Awarded For Log
Trucks And Highway
The last week in September,
Transylvania county was given an
extra truck tire allotment from
the state reserve for log trucks
and state highway vehicles. This
allotment consisted of 25 new tires
and tubes and 50 recaps. Certifi
cate approvals were as follows:
J. E. Loftis, John S. Nicholson,
Arthur M. Pharr, received two
obsolete tires and tubes; A. P.
Poor, 4 obsolete tires and tubes,
Sutton Wilson, 3 obsolete tires and
J. Dillard Owen, 2 obsolete tires.
Dr. J. B. Wilkerson received ap
proval of 1 new passenger tire.
Passenger recaps were: D. L. Mar
tin, 2; Jessie C. Cash, 2; George
Shuford, 1; Walter Siniard, 3.
Truck recaps — Carr Lumber
company, 6; Gloucester Lumber
company, 2; Duke Power company,
1; Dan Henry, 1; State Highway,
35; L. E. Bagwell, 6; Roland
Owens, 1; J. C. Owen, 1.
New truck tires—James Morris,
2; Roy C. Owen, 2; Joe McCrary,
8; Talvin Owens, 4; Conley Banks,
2; J. C. Owen, 1; Carmon West,
2; W. B. Head, 2; Jeter C. Kitchen,
4; P. A. Rahn, 2; State Highway,
5; Gloucester Lumber company, 6;
Charles Hemphill, 1; tubes; Paul
Merrill, 1 tube; Carter McCall, 2
tubes and Carl Sisk, 2 tubes. Most
of the others also received tubes.
FACE ASSAULT CHARGES
A hearing was held at Rosman
yesterday for Ernest, Creed and
Johnnie Galloway, charged with
assault. The affray, officers said,
took place at Rosman Monday
night and Ernest Galloway is al
leged to have cut Johnnie Gallo
way with a knife.
Wages, Foods And Rents Frozen
By Order Of President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt has order
ed wages, salaries,,most food prices
and all rents tightly stabilized at
about their present levels and has
appointed Associate Justice James
F. Byrnes as director of economic
stabilization.
This action was in accordance
with the provisions of the new liv
ing-cost-control bill passed by Con
gress last week. Leon Henderson,
of the OPA, immediately fixed
emergency ceiling prices for but
ter, eggs, poultry, and virtually
every other previously uncontrol
led food items. The order is effec
tive for 60 days, after which a per
manent and perhaps lower ceiling
will be imposed. The prices of
such commodities were frozen at
their highest level of September
28 to Oct. 2. i
All rents in the nation have been
frozen at the level of March 1,
1942. The regulation also pre
vents eviction of tenants through
the sale of property except in cases
of legitimate realty transactions.
All landlords who have increased
rents since March 1, are ordered
to reduce them to the former level.
Wage rates may not rise above
the level at which they stood on
September 15, or drop below the
highest point they reached be
tween January 1 and September
15—unless the war labor board ap
proves.
Salaries of more than $5,000 an
nually may not be increased except
in the case of promotions and all
salaries are limited to $25,000 a
year, which means that the Presi
dent will have to take a big cut.
The new measure brings the war
home to every one and establishes
a floor for wages and farm prices.
It will stabilize the cost of living.
1942 TAX BOOKS
TURNED OVER TO
TAX COLLECTOR
Board Orders Assessors To
Assess All Property Not
On Valuation Books
The 1942 tax books were turned
over to Edwin Morgan, tax collec
tor, for collection at a meeting of
the Transylvania county board of
commissioners Monday, and Mr.
Morgan was also ordered to collect
all delinquent taxes for 1941 and
all prior years.
This action was taken after Mr.
Morgan had made a complete and
full settlement with the board on
his collections for the past 12
months. His report showed that
all collections during the past year
totaled $102,716.03, of which $87,
831.03 were 1941 taxes collected.
The board also authorized Tax
Assessors R. H. Morrow and J. H.
Tinsley to assess all buildings and
all property in the county on which
no valuation has been placed.
It was ordered further that all
justice of peace in the county
should make settlements monthly
with the county accountant of all
fines and fees collected by them.
In passing this order, it was
pointed out that all county offi
cials who handle money are re
quired to do the same thing and
that those reports must be made
by the 3rd. of each month.
The commissioners passed a
resolution authorizing the issuance
of $10,000 revenue anticipating
notes, with one $5,000 note to ma
ture January 15, and the other
April 15. This money is needed
now, it was explained, to meet
cash payments due on building ma
terials for the Pisgah Forest
school.
The board ordered that no long
distance personal telephone calls
could be placed over any of the
county phones.
All members of the board were
present and Chairman Allison pre
sided.
TO REGISTER FUEL OIL
USERS IN NEAR FUTURE
Fuel oil consumers will be re
quired to register in the near fu
ture and their supply of oil will be
rationed, it is announced. A com
mittee composed of Alex Kizer,
Robert Kimzey and Herbert Finck
has been appointed to handle the
registration. Since the supply of
fuel will be drastically cut, all
users have been urged to convert
to other heating equipment.
CANNING CONTEST
TO BE HELD SOON
All Home Demonstration
Members Eligible To En
ter. Details Given
A county-wide Kerr canning con
test for home demonstration wo
men in Transylvania county will
be held the first part of Novem
ber, Miss Annabel Teague, home
agent announces.
Those desiring to enter the con
test are asked to get in touch with
Miss Teague not later than Octo
ber 30th.
County and state awards are of
fered as follows: county awards,
first, second and third prizes, 1
dozen Kerr quart jars. State con
test—first prize, $20; second, $15;
third, $10, etc.
The contest is open to any adult
home demonstration club member
who has not won first place in
county contest for which the Kerr
Glass manufacturing company fur
nished prizes. The exhibits must
consist of 1 jar of fruits, 1 jar of
vegetables, 1 jar of meats. Only
first prize winners in county con
tests are eligible to enter state
contests, to be held Nov. 14, at
Raleigh.
P-TA Party To Be
Held Tuesday Night
The October meeting of the Bre
vard Parent-Teacher association
will be held on Tuesday night at
8 o’clock in the high school hut, in
stead of the customary place and
time, announcement was made yes
terday by the president, Mrs. Les
ter D. Martin.
It is urged that all parents and
interested persons attend the
event, which will be in the nature
of a party combined with the reg
utar business meeting.
Here’s Proof Of That Fish Story!
For a mountain catch, it’s really a whale! Here is Joe Patton and
his grandson, Charlie, proudly displaying the 39-inch, 15-pound
jack fish that they caught recently in the French Broad river in
Transylvania county. Mr. Patton hooked the fish and his grand
son helped pull in the fish. (Staff Photo)
Firemen Will Be Guests At
Civic Clubs Banquet Tonight;
State Fire Marshal To Speak
DIVISION W M 0
MEET RED HERE
Large Crowd Attended All
Day Meeting. Mrs. Mor
gan Re-elected
Mrs. J. R. Morgan, of Waynes
ville, was re-elected divisional sup
erintendent of the Asheville di
vision of the Women’s Missionary
Union, at the annual meeting,
which was held at the Brevard
First Baptist church on Wednes
day, in an all-day meeting.
Other officers elected were:
Mrs. H. Hammett, Waynesville, as
sistant superintendent; Mrs. E. R.
Elmore, Mars Hill, secretary-treas
urer; Mrs. H. W. Baucom, Ashe
ville, young people’s leader; Mrs.
W. O. Crenshaw, Asheville, per
sonal service chairman; Mrs. Al
bert Drake, Hendersonville, mis
sion study; Mrs. L. C. Jaeckel,
Hendersonville, stewardship; Mrs.
W. P. Tindall, Brevard, Margaret
fund training school; Mrs. J. R.
Owen, Asheville, R. A. Counselor;
Mrs. R. L. Moore, Mars Hill, mem
ber nominating committee for state
officers; Mrs. E. C. Horton, alter
nate.
Asheville was selected as the
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Sherwood Brockwell Will
Speak At High School
And College Today
Sherwood Brockwell, state dep
uty insurance commissioner and
fire marshal, will deliver an ad
dress tonight at 8 o’clock at a
joint banquet meeting of the Bre
vard Kiwanis and Lions club, in
the main dining room at Brevard
College.
All members of the Brevard Fire
department will be guests of the
two civic clubs and a number of
special guests have been invited.
At 8:45, before the feature ad
dress starts, all members of the
county’s civilian defense organiza
tion and the general public are
invited to attend and hear Mr.
Brockwell speak on a subject that
is of interest to every one.
Members of the Lions club are
in charge of arrangements and
President McMahan will act as
toastmaster.
Mr. Brockwell will also speak
to high school and college stud
ents here today. He speaks at the
high school at 11:45 and 3:30 at
the college.
This is a highlight in the local
observance of National Fire Pre
vention week.
Fire Chief John Smith said he
was delighted to welcome Mr.
Brockwell to Brevard again.
College Officials And Students
Extend Thanks For Big Welcome
Dr. E. J. Coltrane, president of
Brevard College and David Frank
lin, president of the student body,
issued formal statements yester
day, thanking The Times, town
and county officials, Brevard mer
chants, civic and industrial lead
ers for the hearty welcome ex
tended through the special col
lege issue of this paper last week.
They also expressed gratitude
for the many pledges of continu
ed support of the college and for
the advertising given to the col
lege by the wide distribution of
the paper to preachers and prom
inent citizens all over the state.
“I want you to know that the
members of the board of trustees
and the faculty of Brevard Col
lege greatly appreciate the special
college edition of your excellent
paper,” Dr. Coltrane wrote.
“I have had favorable comments
on this special edition from sev
eral different sources. The chair
man of the board, Rev. H. C.
Sprinkle stated in a letter that you
had done a good job of advertis
ing Brevard College.
“As president of the college, I
should like for you to know that
the support of your paper for
any phase of the college enter
prise is always in order. Without
the help of the paper, it would be
impossible to promote the best
interest of the college and with
your support it will be possible
to build the college on a firm and
substantial foundation. We look
forward to the day when Brevard
College will be properly recogniz
ed as one of the unique institu
tions of learning in the south.”
David Franklin stated: “We stu
dents at Brevard College read with
genuine interest the special edi
tion of The Times. We feel that
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WANT TO WIN A
VICTORY SALVAGE
PENNANT IN DRIVE
Over 200,000 Pounds Offi
cially Reported. School
Busy On Project
PUBLIC COOPERATE
Realizing the government’s urg
ent need for scrap metal, Brevard
and Transylvania county have
really gone “all-out” to collect
every ounce of scrap left in the
town and county during the three
week newspaper-sponsored cam
paign that will end October 21.
The goal is to collect 100 pounds
per person or 1.241,000 pounds
and win a VICTORY SALVAGE
PENNANT to fly over the court
house.
Teachers, school children, busi
ness men, industrial leaders and
farmers are concentrating on the
drive and are combing Brevard
and the county for little and large
pieces of scrap to lick the Japs and
Hitler.
Every one is working not only
to win county and state prizes,
but also to help win the war.
Preachers, organization and insti
tutions are joining in the fight for
scrap.
With the enthusiastic support
of Supt. J. B. Jones and the prin
cipals, the county’s 2,800 students
are gathering scrap of all kinds
and piling it up on the school
grounds. Contests between differ
ent rooms are being held by the
Brevard and Rosman high schools.
The other schools have special
programs planned in connection
with the drive, and are working
to win a $25.00 war bond.
Chairman Howard Wyatt, Jul
ian Glazener and other members
of the county salvage committee
are directing the activities, with the
cooperation of WPA trucks and
this newspaper.
Even though over 400,000
pounds had already been collect
ed in the county this year, a total
of 211,002 pounds have been gath
ered and reported to official col
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BY MISTAKE BOYS
TAKE GOOD STOVE
SCHOOL SCRAP LOT
Unique Story Told At Bre
vard High School. Own
er In Fine Spirit
Brevard high boys are really
combing the town for every article
and piece of scrap metal they can
find, and in their enthusiasm they
made a mistake here this week.
The other day a business man
had installed a new stove and set
the old one out back of the build'
ing with the view of selling it for
$10.
Shortly afterwards he went down
to show the stove to a prospective
buyer and there was no stove. Real
izing what might have happened,
he hurried down to the high
school and inquired about his
stove.
“Oh, yes, the boys brought the
stove here and it’s right over
there,” somebody explained.
When the man went over to lo
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Press Is Highly
Praised By Mayor
“The freedom of the press
is the priceless safeguard of
liberty and Democracy and
there must be no blackout of
this freedom otherwise we
will lose all liberties,” Mayor
Carl Hardin declared this
week in connection with the
observance of National News
paper Week.
He also described the
newspapers in wartime as
defenders of the home front,
and praised The Times for
the service it renders to the
general welfare of the com
| munity and the part it is
playing in helping to win the
war.
“Our paper stands for
progress and promotes all
| activities,” he said. “And
| added that he considers The
| Times as being one of the
I best weeklies in the state.**
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