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Vol. 52: No. 42 The Transylvania Times A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1942 PUBLISHED WEEKLY GIGANTIC SCRAP METAL DRIVE TO END NEXT WEDNESDAY Draft Board To Send Record Number Of 65 On Wed. For Army Exams At Camp Croft Thirteen Volunteers, Fifty Selectees And Two Tran fers Included With 35 men leaving this week for induction into military service, the draft board also announces that next week a total of 65 Tran sylvania county men will be sent to Camp Croft, S. C., next Wednesday for army examination. This is a record number and in cludes 13 volunteers, 50 draftees and 2 transfers. These men are scheduled to leave here by bus next Wednesday morning at 7 o’clock. They are asked to report at 6:30 o'clock. The volunteers are: Lonnie C. Fisher, Lee Roy Wilson. Ben H. Maltsby who is to enter volunteer officers training, Ernest Burch, Karl H. Straus, James E. Barton, Lee White, Jesse Pressley, Louis C. Miller, Ramon B. Purse, Carroll B. Cunningham, and Roy L. Grav ley. Transferred from other boards for induction are Richard R. Ham lin and Charles R. McKinney. The selectees are: Charles Hugh Owenby, Richard M. Baumgardner, Flem Woods, Emmett C. Whitmire, Boyce Whit mire. Grover C. Meyers, Carl Coop er, Glenn A. Whitmire, Claud A. Whitmire, Claud C. Burrell, Alvoid Galloway, Gordon H. Whitmire, Charlie L. Waldrop, William C. Aiken, William 0. Aiken, Joe Neely, Frank M. Lance, John W. Rudder, Ralph Murr. S. Ray Hilemon, George D. Mc Cormick, Horace E. Banks, Wil liam A. Lyday, Alfred M. Gillespie, Jack A. Gravely, Harry W. Clay ton, Berry E. Brittain, J. Rickman Manley, Wm. Ted Whitmire, Harry G. Sentelle, Harold W. Owen, Wil liam H. Cox. Jr., Dennis 7. Holt, Arnold O. Brown, Sam 0. McCall, J. Bruce Whitmire, John B. Reid, Carmel V. Hall, Frank A. Smith, Lemuel L. Scruggs, Edgar R. Aik en, Joyce P. Sentelle, Kenneth T. Smith, Grady Baynard, Wm. Carl White, Charles E. Holcombe, Avery Morgan, John F. Masters, Alvin B. Owen, Tom E. Grogan, Jack Y. Hunter. Plans To Conduct Rat Extermination Campaign Started Plans for getting the state board of health to conduct a rat exter mination campaign in Brevard are now being promoted here by San itarian Walter Hart and a group of interested citizens. The cost of such a campaign is estimated to run around $150. This money is required to purchase rat killer poison and representatives of the state health department will do the work without charge, it is stated. The matter is being presented —Turn To Page Eight By Mistake Bikas Catches Skunk But Knows Better Now ’Possums don’t have stripes! Ask Pete Bikas for positive proof. Seems that Pete, genial man ager of Galloway’s cafe, went hunting along with Walter Weilt, and soon had a 13-pound buck to his credit, killed at a distance of 50 yards. Happy over his skill, Pete saw an “o’possum” passing and hav ing heard that they were great delicacies, started to catch the “o’possum”. Mr. Weilt told him catching the animal was an im possibility, even for one so fleet foot as Pete, who was former ly a member of the King’s Guard in his native Greece. After a short race (in which Mr. Weilt emphatically refused to take part) Pete soon overcame the animal which turned, accord ing to Pete and “started to fight me.” Pete tells it like this—“When he started to fight me, I took my cap and slammed it down on top of him, and you know, the rascal he bite me ... right there on finger (showing mark) and then he -ps-s-st-choo, 6uch an odor.” Pete says he can now positive ly identify a skunk. Heads Scrap Drive Howard Wyatt, who was dis abled in the last world war, is chairman of the county salvage committee and is working hard to help reach Transylvania’s goal of 1,241,000 pounds of scrap. A STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY SCRAP DRIVE CHAIRMAN Wyatt Urges Full Coopera tion. Asks For Trucks And All Reports Howard Wyatt, chairman of the county salvage committee, this week issued an urgent statement to the public. For the past several weeks Mr. Wyatt has been devoting his full time to scrap collection and he, with the assistance of the commit tee and farm agent have already done an outstanding job. Mr. Wyatt served in the first World War and was seriously wounded in the battle of Verdun. He participated in several other major battles and was overseas about a year. For his distinguish ed service, he was awarded the purple heart, and the silver star for individual merited service. He also received a citation by the French government. His statement is as follows: “The great lesson of war is the price we have to pay because we know so little. We should be much concerned about the future. We’re going to spend the rest of our lives here. Now, I’m not so smart, but I know what a man has experienc ed in the line of battle of the first World War, and this gives me a concrete idea of what ought to be done now. Today I say very blunt ly that the reason we have to fight this war is because we have not paid enough attention to those who know of the future and have —Turn To Page Four PLANS MADE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRUCKS IN COUNTY To Be Held In Courthouse By The County Farm Transportation Comm. The Transylvania county farm transportation committee is now making plans to conduct a regis tration of all trucks in the county on Thursday, Friday and Satur day, October 22, 23 and 24, at the courthouse here. After November 15, no truck can be legally moved without a Certificate of War Necessity and no gasoline, tires or repair parts can be obtained without the cer tificate, according to new regula tions order by the Office of De fense Transportation. Plans for the registration in this county were made at a meet ing of the committee held in the farm agents office Tuesday morn ing. The committee is composed of T. J. Wilson, chairman, P. A. Rahn, Y. J. McCrary, A. L. Alli son, M. 0. McCall—Alternates, J. B. Jones, W. W. Brittain, R. L. Hogsed and E. O. Shipman. This committee, appointed by the county USDA war board at the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, is to assist the Of fice of Defense Transportation and the OPA in the operation of their transportation conservation and rationing programs. The committee will also serve in developing transportation pro grams within the county, review ing applications for new trucks and assisting in furthering the conservation program in various ways. College Students To Be Entertained Students and faculty of Brevard College will be entertained tonight by the different denominations of the town, with receptions to be held in the various churches. The entertainment at the Pres byterian church will feature a Hallowe’en party, given by the Presbyterians and Episcopalians jointly. The event will be held from 7 to 9:30 o’clock. Social events will be held at the Methodist and Baptist churches, at which special entertainment fea tures are being prepared. It is understood that the stu dents and faculty will attend the event at the church of their de nomination. L. P. HAMLIN TO MAKE RADIO SPEECH MONDAY Lewis P. Hamlin, Brevard at torney and State Republican lead er, will speak over radio station WWNC at 7:15, Monday night, Oc tober 19, it has been announced by state Republican headquarters. Mr. Hamlin, minority leader in the house of representatives in 1929, has long been active in party affairs of the county and state, and is now state committeeman of the Republican Executive group. The 15-minute broadcast by the Brevard man is expected to feature the Requblican issue involved in the November general election. Scrap Metal Picture Show Party To Be Held Here At Clemson Theatre Next Wed. Three Showings. Students To Get Tickets At Schools. Others Bring Scrap As a grand climax to the inten sive three-week salvage drive, a special Transylvania Scrap Metal party will be held at the clemson theatre here next Wednesday af ternoon, with the compliments of Messrs. Dick Carter and Bryon Shiflet, owners and managers of the local theatres. A special musical comedy pic ture has been obtained for the oc casion and three showings will be given, with the first one starting at 12:30 o’clock. Each showing will last about an hour and a half. In recognition of the outstand ing job the public school students of Brevard and Transylvania are rendering in the collection of vital ly needed scrap, all students in the town and county who have collect ed and taken to their school scrap pile a minimum of 10 pounds will be given a free ticket by their teacher. Students and all other persons in the county who take at least 10 pounds of scrap to the theatre will be admitted free. Special tickets will be sent to the principals and teachers this week end and they are to determine what students are entitled to re ceive them and to give out the tic kets. In event students have work ed as a group in scrap collection and have gathered up an average of 10 pounds per student, they are to be entitled to receive free tic kets. Arrangements will be made to have the “admittance scrap" piled —Torn To Page Four Brevard High School Students Really Collect Scrap To help Uncle Sam lick the Axis and to win war bond prizes, the 400 students at Brevard high school have gone “all-out” in their effort to collect scrap metal. Shown above is a group of these stu dents proudly displaying their first few days’ collection. Before the drive ends, all of the schools in the county are expected to have huge piles of scrap on the school grounds. (Staff Photo). Brighter War Outlook Seen By Roosevelt And Churchill ALL VOTERS MUST BE REGISTERED TO VOTE NOVEMBER Importance Of Registration Is Stressed. Several Talks Are Made Fred Johnson, Transylvania county election board chairman, today urged all voters to be sure that they are properly registered in order that they may be eligi ble to vote in the general elec tion to be held Tuesday, Novem ber 3rd. Mr. Johnson again called atten tion to the fact that the registra tion books will be open this Sat urday and Saturday, October 24, at the voting places in each pre cinct. To be eligible to vote, a person must have lived in the state for at least a year and in the pre cinct for four months. All per sons who have moved from one precinct to another will have to have their registration transfer red, it is stated. The registrars are as follows: Mrs. M. H. Holliday, Boyd: Mrs. Edna Wood, Bre/ard No. 1; Mrs. W. F. Short, Brevard No. 2; J. L. Morris, Brevard, No. 3; Gaston S. Morgan, Cathey’s Creek; Paul Roberts, Cedar Mountain; G. W. Whitmire, Dunn’s Rock; Fred Nicholson, Eastatoe; W. C. Grave ley, East Fork; Allen McCall, Gloucester No. 1; Carl Queen, Gloucester No. 2; T. C. McCall, Hogback No. 1; H. D. Lee, Hog back No. 2; L. E. Cash, Hogback No. 3; Hal Hart, Little River; Old Toxaway, Mrs. Ellis Galloway and Lee Norton, Rosman. Roosevelt Wants To Draft Young Men & To Ration Manpower Emphasizing that men 23 and 24 years old make better fighters than men 33 and 34, President Roosevelt Monday night urged the drafting of 18 and 19-year-olds so that an army with the spirit and hardihood of youth may shorten the war with annihilating new of fensive. Congress may comply with this request before the election. At the same time, Roosevelt called for the rationing of man power. Workers must be kept from changing jobs at will, he said, and all workers, especially women, will be needed. Pirating of one employers labor by another must be forbidden. The objective must be “the right numbers of people in the right places at the right time.” And he said that it might be necessary to have legislation of a drastic nature to keep the far Turn To Page Eight Allied Strength Growing While Axis Are Weak ening. Losses Cited The strength of the Allies is in creasing while the military might of the Axis is decreasing, Presi dent Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill declared in addresses the first of this week. “The strength of the united na tions is on the upgrade and the axis leaders, on the other hand, know by now that they have al ready reached their full strength and that their steadily mounting losses in men and material can not be fully replaced,” The Pres ident declared in a significant fire side chat to the nation Monday night. “We are moving steadily onward from strength to strength while Hitler’s prospects have darkened to an immeasurable degree,” Churchill asserted in a fighting, confident speech. The British Prime minister re ported that: First, August and September were “the least bad months since January” in allied shipping losses and new building outweighs sink ings.” Second, The same two months saw the greatest tonnage of Brit ish bombs dropped upon Ger many.” Third, They also marked the def inite growth of our air superiori ty. President Roosevelt said: “Ger many and Japan are already real Turn To Page Eight NEW DIRECTORS OF LOCAL COMMERCE TO ELECT OFFICERS Meeting To Be Held At City Hall Monday Night. Directors Announced The new directors of the Bre vard Chamber of Commerce, who were elected by secret ballot this past week-end, will meet next Mon day night at 8 o’clock at the cjty hall and elect officers and make plans for the ensuing year, Presi dent Ralph Fisher announces. The old directors met Tuesday night and tabulated the returns. The following directors were elected to serve this year: Ralph Fisher, Willis Brittain, A. H. Har ris, D. T. Abercrombie, E. H. Me Mahan, O. H. Orr, S. E. Varner C. M. Douglas, L. P. Hamlin, J. M Gaines, Dr. E. J. Coltrane, Miss Annie Shipman, J. H. Tinsley, T E. Reid, J. M. Allison, J. W. Smith Fred Holt, H. B. Shiflet, George Wheeler, R. F. Bennett, Harry Sel lers, Don Jenkins, Jerry Jerome Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary and Mrs J. W. Smith. At the meeting Tuesday night Mrs. Ralph Fisher submitted the treasurer’s annual report which showed that cash on hand and col lected during the past year total led $1,024.27 — expenses were $542,08, leaving a balance oi $488.19 on hand. A letter from Raymond F. Ben nett, giving an account of his stew ardship as the Chamber of Com merce representative on the boarc of trustees of the Transylvanic community hospital, was read. Mrs. Walter Hart is visiting relatives in New Orleans, La. Allied War Outlook Brightens With Sinking Of 5 Jap Ships And More Russian Victories U. S. Navy Hit* Jap* Hard. Germany Withdraw* On Stalingrad The war took an optimistic turn during the past week, with the sinking of five Jap warships and a transport by the U. S. fleet in the South Pacific, and with the prac tical admission by Hitler of his, at least, temporary defeat on the Stalingrad Russian front. A navy communique disclosed on Wednesday that the American fleet, returning to the battle of the Solomons, sank a Japanese heavy cruiser, four destroyers and a transport during a fierce 30-minute battle on Sunday night in what was believed to be the biggest single blow against the enemy fleet there. Only one U. S. destroyer was lost in the conflict. After wresting from the Ger mans the initiative in key sectors of the now wintry southern Soviet I front, Russian troops have recap tured lost positions in the Stalin grad area and cut a new wedge in the Nazis flank to the northwest. The change in tactics at Stalin grad, as foretold by Nazi broad casters, seems to indicate that heavy German night movements across the Sicilian straits are be ing attempted, and if that is true, it is believed by military leaders that a transfer of German air force to Africa is in progress, for either offensive or defensive use. The allied defense at Malta took a big toll of Nazi raiders on Tues day, bringing down eight Nazi planes, making a three-day total of 47 definitely destroyed and about 50 badly damaged. Only a few allied casualties were reported and property damage was slight. U. S. airmen have again rained demolition bombs on Jap-held Kis ka in their continued raids to drive the Japs out of their last remaining stronghold in the Aleutians. COLLECTIONS TO DATE TOM OVER 600,000 POUNDS Only One More Week Left* Ecusta And School Collec tions Outstanding COUNTY GOAL CITED With the big scrap metal drive ending next Wednesday night, Brevard and Transylvania stu dents, merchants, industrialists and farmers are now driving at top speed to gather up every ounce of scrap metal in the county and to reach the county’s goal of 1,241. 000 pounds. General Chairman Howard Wy att reported yesterday afternoon that a total of 661,611 pounds have been collected and reported to of ficial collecting centers or sold to dealers. This represents over half of the county’s goal and does not include thousands of pounds that are piled up on the various school grounds throughout the county, neither does it include scrap that is now being rounded up at various in dustrial plants. It does, however, include thous ands of pounds sold to dealers by the Ecusta Paper corporation and right much that has been collected from a few of the schools. Chairman Wyatt stated yester day that trucks are badly needed to help haul scrap to the collec tion centers and requested those who have trucks to loan, to get in touch with him at the city hall here. He also announced that scrap will be collected up from the schools as soon as the trucks can get around to them. Collections so far include around 26.000 pounds from the Brevard high school, over 17,000 pounds from the Little River school, over 100.000 pounds Ecusta Paper cor poration, around 100,000 pounds Clifford Baynard, Brevard junk dealer, around 70,000 pounds by S. M. Siniard, local junk dealer, 16,650 pounds from McCrary Auto service, Less Ray, 8,000 pounds; C. F. Masters, 3,690; Rosa Robinson, 3,820; Boyce Bishop, 2,480; C. F. Misenheimer, 4,900, Selica school, 6,760; Camp Illahee, 2.450. Thousands of additional pounds are expected to be collected up here tomorrow by the city trucks following the merchants house —Turn To Page Four Caution Issued To All Bicycle Riders Two boys were tried a few days ago before Juvenile Court Judge Spalding McIntosh on charges re sulting from bicycle accidents in which a young girl and a lady were injured. Since bicycles are being used more and more today, all riders and especially children, are cau tioned to be careful, to be sure they have adequate brakes and. lights at nights. Bill Volrath, of near Rosman, was charged with running over and injuring Bill Dodson’s daughter. The judgment was that he be sent to the Stonewall Jackson training school, but the judgment was sus pended on condition that the de fended pay $5 to apply on the plaintiff’s hospital bill and that he not ride at night without prop er lights and brakes. Joyce Bowen, charged with run ning over a woman here and of not having proper lights, was giv en a suspended sentence similar to the other case. Will Close Stores This Afternoon To Collect Up Scrap With the twofold purpose of co-operating with the scrap metal drive and the fire prevention pro gram, Brevard merchants will close their stores this afternoon, starting at 1 o’clock, and remain closed all of the afternoon. Managers and clerks will devote the afternoon to collecting up all of the scrap metal there is in and around the places of business and to cleaning out basements and at tics to eliminate fire hazards, it is announced. The scrap metal will be placed out on the sidewalks and the waste paper and other junk will be piled up back of the stores. City trucks will pick up both the scrap and the junk this after noon and Friday morning.
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