The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 43
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY IS “OVER THE TOP”
Many Expected To Enlist During "Navy Week"
OBSERVANCE IS
SPONSORED HERE
BY LEGION POST
Recruiting Officers Be In
Brevard. Free Movie Be
Shown Saturday
FISHER IS CHAIRMAN
Every registrant in Transylvania
county is invited to investigate the
opportunities offered by the U. S.
Navy during “Transylvania Navy
Week”, starting Saturday morning
and ending Saturday, October 31,
Ralph Fisher, chairman of the
Navy committee of the Monroe
Wilson post of the American Leg
ion. states. At least 25 men are
expected to enlist during the week.
On Saturday of this week and
Friday and Saturday of next week,
Chief W. S. Baskerville, and Yeo
man Tom Adams, of the Asheville
Navy recruiting station, will be at
the Waltermire hotel building in
Brevard to talk to young men about
the Navy.
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock
a free Navy picture will be shown
at the Co-Ed theatre and all young
men are invited to see it.
“Transylvania Navy Week” com
mittees have been appointed in
various sections of the county and
the duties of these Legionnaires
are to contact young men in their
communities, tell them about the
Navy and urge that they see the
recruiting officers in Brevard.
Local merchants are cooperating
by placing signs and posters in
their store windows. Booklets en
titled, “Men Make the Navy” and
“What Kind of a Job Can I Get in
the Navy” have been mailed out to
most of the boys and more of them
are available at the drug stores,
theatres and the newspaper office.
Men who enlist during the week
will be sent to Raleigh for a final
physical examination and to be
sworn into the Navy. From there
they will go to a Naval training
school for six weeks of basic train
ing. Then they will return home
for 8 days, after which they will
—Turn To Page Twelve
57 TRANSYLVANIA
MEN LEFT ON WED.
Sent To Camp Croft For
Army Exams. Several
Were Volunteers
Fifty-seven Transylvania volun
teers and selectees left here Wed
nesday morning for Camp Croft
induction center, where they were
to be examined and either return
ed for a 14-day furlough, or in some
cases placed into service as vol
unteers for immediate service.
Several others included in the call
were transferred to other boards
for induction.
Ben H. Maultsby, volunteer
for officers training, was named
leader of the group with Glen
Whitmire and Ray Hilemon as as
sistant leaders.
Chairman A. H. Harris of the
draft board checked the boys in
at the Masonic Hall at 6:30, and
gave them instruction as to the
trip to camp. Cigarettes were
given each of the men by Jos S.
Silversteen.
Thirteen out of the group of 57
were volunteers, some of them go
ing for the second, third, and in
one case, the fourth time in effort
to get in the armed forces.
County’s Assistant
Farm Agent Takes
Army’s Exam Today
Joe Hefner, Transylvania coun
ty’s assistant farm agent since last
March, will be sent today by the
Henderson county draft board to
Camp Croft for army examination.
If he passes, Mr. Hefner will
receive a 14-day furlough prior to
induction into military service.
Before becoming assistant farm
agent, Mr. Hefner worked with the
FSA for 18 months. He has many
friends in Transylvania and Hen
derson counties who wish for him
much success in the army, provid
ed he passes the examination.
Proclamation
Mayor Carl Hardin today
issued a proclamation, an
nouncing official observance
o f “Transylvania Navy
Week” and calling on the
public for full cooperation.
“Whereas, our American
Legion post is sponsoring
“Transylvania Navy Week”
with the purpose of enabling
young men to learn about the
opportunities offered by the
Navy, and
“Whereas, the United
States Navy is the first line
of offense in the great strug
gle for freedom, and
“Whereas, the Navy offers
fine training, and other op
portunities for our young
men, as well as an excellent
opportunity to serve our na
tion and help bring Victory
to our shores.
“Now, therefore, I, Carl
Hardin, mayor of the town of
Brevard, in grateful recogni
tion of the glorious tradition
of the Navy, do hereby pro
claim next week as “Transyl
vania Navy Week” in Bre
vard and call upon our citi
zens for full cooperation.”
FISHER ISSUES A
STATEMENTABOUT
NAVY OBSERVANCE
Chairman Of “Transylvania
Navy Week” Points Out
Plans For Observance
Ralph Fisher, chairman of the
“Transylvania Navy Week” com
mittee of the Monroe Wilson Leg
ion post, today issued the follow
ing statement:
“After hearing our Comman
der-In-Chief of the 12th., urging
the youth of 18 and 19 years of
age to assume their responsibili
ties by enlisting in the military
service and realizing now, more
than ever, the time to choose the
service you perfer is growing
short, we of the American Legion
have proclaimed next week as
“Transylvania Navy Week.”
“Next week has been set aside
to give you the opportunity to
learn about the Navy. Most of you
have received booklets on the
Navy. More are available. The
Co-Ed theatre will carry a Navy
picture on Saturday morning, Oc
tober 24, at 11 o'clock.
“It is your duty to find out
about the Navy. Be sure to see
the Navy representative in Bre
vard and ask questions. He is here
to help you select your service.
T urge the Legion's Navy com
mitteemen to contact the youths
in their vicinities and to inform
them about our Navy week. En
courage them to come and discuss
the Navy with Naval representa
tives who will be at the Waltermire
building this Saturday and next
Friday and Saturday, October 30
and 31.”
Special Services
Planned For Scouts
National Girl Scout Week, Oc
tober 23-31, will be observed by
the local troops with a special ser
vice in their honor to be held at
the Presbyterian church this Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock. The
pastor, Rev. E. Ashby Johnson,
will deliver the message.
The Scouts are asked to meet
in front of the church at 10:45 Sun
day morning and march into church
in a body. As many as can are
asked to wear uniforms, Mrs. Keith
Pooser, Scout chairman, has an
nounced.
An interesting meeting of
Troop No. 1, of which Mrs. Ashe
Macfie is leader, was held at the
Hut last Friday afternoon, at which
time Mrs. Foster, of the national
Girl Scout staff, and Mrs. Kath
ryn Curtis, of Camp lllahee, con
ducted a model troop meeting.
Other activities for the week are
being planned by the Scouts and
their leaders.
Supt and Mrs. J. B. Jones and
little son, Tommie, spent the week
end with Mrs. Jones’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Greene, in Shelby.
Bill To Draft 18 And 19 Year
Old Boys Expected To Become
A Law Within A Short Time
Last Saturday the House voted
345 to 16 to draft 18 and 19-year
old youths and the Senate starts
debate today on the measure
which is likely to be passed within
record time and thereby sub
ject boys of these ages to possible
draft shortly after the first of No
vember.
Military officials have estimated
that 2,500,000 young men will
thus be made available for build
ing up the army to a planned
strength of 7,500,000 in 1943. Af
ter the elimination of the physic
ally ineligible and others, army of
ficials state that some 1,500,00 of
the 2,500,000 18 and 19-year-olds
would be inducted.
The bill provides that those
who are in high school or college
may finish the present school
year, but after next July, educa
tional deferments will be for
bidden.
It also contains a provision in
tended to defer the induction of
married men as long as possible.
It does this by laying down a pol
icy that no married man with
children may be inducted while
the state in which he resides has
eligible single men or childless
married men.
Under the present system, quotas
are assigned by draft board areas.
A monthly quota must be filled
and if there are insufficient single
men to meet it, the local draft
board makes up the deficit from
the married men on the list.
Selective service headquarters
some time ago instructed state di
rectors to follow the policy of
calling all the single men in the
state before inducting married
men. The legislation would make
the policy mandatory.
FORMER BREVARD MAN
“MISSING IN ACTION”
Wakefield Parker, formerly of
Brevard, has been reported by the
government as being “missing in
action.”
Parker, the son of Mrs. E. M.
Parker, who lived here for a num
ber of years and who now resides
in Savannah, Ga., is listed as be
ing “missing in action” by the U.
S. Merchant Marine, according to
a letter Mrs. Mary Lookabill re
ceived this week.
Parker had been with the Mer
chant Marines for about 12 years
and no details were given as to
when his ship was sunk.
C. M. DOUGLAS IS
ELECTED HEAD OF
COMMERCE CROUP
Succeeds Ralph Fisher As
President. Other Officers
Chosen Monday Night
Charles M. Douglas, widely
known Brevard insurance man and
former editor of The Transylvania
Times, was elected president of
the Brevard Chamber of Com
merce at a meeting of the direc
tors held Monday night.
E. H. McMahan, attorney and
chairman of the county war bond
committee, was elected vice-presi
dent. J. M. Gaines, Duke Power
company manager, was re-elected
secretary and T. E. Reid, who is
connected with Houston Furniture
company, was re-elected treasurer.
Mrs. Ralph Fisher was re-ap
pointed as office secretary and it
was decided to close the office for
the winter months, but to hold
regular monthly meetings every
second Monday night.
Mr. Douglas, who succeeds Ralph
Fisher as president, has previous
ly served as head of the senior
commerce group and did an out
standing job. He is also active in
other civic activities.
The directors Monday night en
dorsed the proposed rat exter
mination campaign for Brevard
and pledged full co-operation.
A committee was also appointed
to make a mosquito control survey.
COUNTY HAS TOTAL
OF 311 18 to 20-YEAR
OLD BOYS REGISTERED
Transylvania’s 18 to 20-year
old registrants will probably add
better than 200 fighting soldiers
to Uncle Sam’s armed forces, it
is estimated from records in the
local draft board office.
A total of 311 of the 18 to 20
year-old class registered last
June, an^| according to the new
bill now in congress this group
will probably be called before
married men with dependents
are sought.
Of the group of 311, 26 have
already volunteered for services,
and 18 were married before De
cember 7, 1941, automatically
placing them in 3-A.
CIVIC CLUBS MEET TODAY
The Brevard Kiwanis club will
meet today at 12:15 at the Bryant
House with Jerry Jerome in charge
of the program, while the Lions
club will meet at the College to
night at 7 o’clock, with Alex Pat
terson in charge of the program.
MILK PRODUCTION
IN COUNTY GIVEN
A BIG STIMULUS
Sheriff A. B. Slagle Gives
Away Purebred Bulls
Encourages Others
To encourage dairying in Tran
sylvania county, Sheriff A. B.
Slagle, of Franklin, owner of the
Transylvania Dairies, has announc
ed that he will co-operate with
any person who has a small dairy
herd and wants to improve it.
A few days ago he gave away
five purebred Guernsey bulls to
milk producers in this county,
Julian Glazener announces. These
fine animals went to Mrs. Bates
Patton, of Davidson River who al
ready has a small herd: Don Hen
derson, of the Island Ford neigh
borhood, who has around 40 milk
cows; C. W. Robertson, of the Cal
vert-Cherryfield section; Charles
W. Davis, of Carr’s Hill and to Sut
ton Wilson, Penrose. Mr. Wilson
later traded his bull to Fleet Gal
lamore.
Mr. Glazener also stated that
since the recent appearance of an
editorial in this paper, pointing
out that two out of every three
gallons of milk consumer in this
county are imported, a number of
persons have discussed the possi
bilities and advisabilities of get
ting into the dairy business.
The editorial emphasized the
fact that the Transylvania Dairies
will buy an unlimited supply of
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Passed Away Tues.
Mrs. Mariah Durby, well
known Brevard woman, was laid
to rest yesterday afternoon. She
was prominent in Eastern Star
work.
MRS. DURBY DIED |
HERE ON TUESDAY:
_ :
Well Known Local Woman
Passed Away At Hos
pital. Buried Yesterday
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o’clock for
Mrs. Mariah Loftis Durby, who
died at the local hospital early
last Tuesday morning, following
an extended illness. The service,
held at the residence on Gaston
street, was conducted by Rev. B.
W .Thomason, pastor of the Bre
vard First Baptist church. Inter
ment was in Gillespie cemetery.
Survivors are three sisters and
seven brothers, as follows: Mrs.
Roscoe Nicholson and Mrs. T. S.
Wood, Brevard, Mrs. C. B. Wilson,
Abbeville, S. C., Theodore, J. E.,
Ilarry S., Goode M., Brevard, Louie
and T. T., Baltimore, Mr., and
Hume, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Mrs. Durby was born and rear
ed in Transylvania county, the
daughter of the late T. T. Loftis
and Mrs. Emma Summey Loftis,
of Brevard. She was a member of
the Methodist church and was past
worthy matron of the local Pis
gah Chapter 198 Order of the
Eastern Star.
Pallbearers were Henry R. Hen
derson, Allen Brittain, Bill Bridges,
Anthony Trantham, Ansel Hart
and John Kilpatrick.
Moore-Trantham funeral direc
tors were in charge.
STORK COMES TO SEE
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles B.
Peevy, of North Brevard, a son,
on October 17.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Monroe
Collins on October 17 a daughter,
Norma Faye, at Transylvania com
munity hospital.
Ranger Jack B. Fortin Will Be
Transferred To Mena, Arkansas
Hanger Jack B. Fortin is being
transferred to Ochita national
forest district at Mena, Arkansas,
and Ranger Gerald Griswold will
succeed him here as head of the
Pisgah district of the Pisgah Na
tional Forest, it was learned today.
The change is to become effec
tive on November 1 and Ranger
Fortin is now finishing up his work
here. He has been in charge of the
U. S. Forestry service in this coun
ty for several years, and has a host
of friends who deeply regret to
see him leave.
Ranger Griswold, a native of
Ohio, has been stationed on the
Mt. Mitchell Pisgah district for the
past three or four years. He has
been engaged in this work for
the past 14 years. He is married
and has four children.
Others connected with the local
district include John Y. Eller,
Perry Davis, Bob L. Cansler, Ed
win English and Freeman Comp
ton.
The state’s personnel consists of
James Longshore, refuge supervis
or and Bard Greene, Bill Greene,
Dennie Ensley and Dick Denton.
Two More Physicians
Elected To Medical
Staff Local Hospital
Dr. Fred Corpening, of Mills
River, and Dr. Otis Marshall, Ecus
ta Paper corporation physician,
were elected to the medical staff
of the Transylvania hospital at a
meeting of the board of trustees
Tuesday afternoon.
During the meeting it was also
pointed out that the hospital needs
an oxygen tent and any one wish
ing to assist in furnishing this
equipment is asked to get in touch
with the hospital.
Scrap Collections Surpass
Quota As Contest Ends; Ten
Days Are Left For Hauling
Schools And Industries Due
Major Share Of Credit.
Brevard High Leads
A large share of the credit for
the success of the Transylvania
scrap metal collection drive is due
to the teachers and public school
children and to the county’s in
dustries.
Chairman Wyatt’s official re
ports reveal that the schools have
collected around 350,000 pounds of
scrap. There are approximately
2,800 students in the county and
this means that the average col
lection for every student is about
120 pounds.
Headed by the Ecusta Paper cor
poration and the Silversteen In
dustries, the county industries
went “all-out” in the collection,
with a grand total of 736,680
pounds being reported.
Ecusta’s total is listed at 557,790.
Of this amount, 386,000 pounds had
been collected and shipped just
prior to October 1, but had not
been officially reported. 71,790
pounds were collected and shipped
from October 1 to 21 and another
100,000 pounds have been gather
ed up and this huge quantity is
now ready for shipment.
The four Silversteen companies
donated around 40,000 pounds to
various groups and shipped 80,000
pounds yesterday, making a total
of 120,000 pounds for these firms.
Carr Lumber company contri
buted 17,290 pounds and the Jen
nings Estate 40,160 pounds.
Top collection honors go to the
Brevard high school, which has col
lected over 130,000 pounds or an
average of about 350 pounds per
student. Brevard elementary, Ros
man school, Little River school,
Pisgah Forest school and others
also did an outstanding job.
Estimated school collections are:
Brevard elementary, 35,000; Ros
man, 77,380; Little River, 35,175;
Pisgah Forest, 41,680; Toxaway,
5,000; Selica, 9,000; Glade Creek,
1,500; Enon, 4,000;* Balsam Grove,
2,000; Cedar Mountain, 1,000; Con
nestee, 1,500.
Official tabulation will be pub
lished later.
School children packed the thea
tres here yesterday afternoon, hav
ing won free tickets for bringing
in at least 10 pounds of scrap. This
was a grand climax to the drive,
thanks to the management of the
two fine local theatres.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients reported on Wednes
day afternoon to be in Transyl
vania Community hospital were:
Mrs. George Orr, Mrs. James Buck
ner, Mrs. Cleo Lance, Mrs. E. T.
Dutton, Mrs. H. P. Clarke, Her
shell Meece, Eugene Pruitt, Miss
Corrine Puett, Joyce Brown, Sarah
Brown, Mrs. Aus Jones, Mrs. Mary
Lou Owens, Mrs. H. E. Jones, Mrs.
Monroe Collins and infant daugh
ter, born October 17.
TRUCKS IN COUNTY
TO BE REGISTERED
Registration To Be Held To
day, Friday and Saturday
At Courthouse
All trucks in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county are to be register
ed today, tomorrow or Saturday.
The registration is being held
here at the courthouse with the
county farm transportation com
mittee in charge.
It is necessary for all trucks to
register and to receive a certifi
cate. On and after November 15
no truck can be legally operated
without a certificate of war neces
sity'and no gasoline, tires or re
pair parts can be obtained, accord
ing to a recent regulation.
The committee in charge of th$
registration is composed of T. J.
Wilson, chairman; P. A. Hahn, Y.
J. McCarary, A. L. Allison, M. O
McCall, Alternates—J. B. Jones,
W. W. Brittain, R. L. Hogsed and
E. O. Shipman.
This committee will also serve
in developing transportation pro
grams within the county, reviewing
applications for new trucks, and
assisting in furthering the conser
vation program in various ways.
Estimated Quantities At Col
lection Centers To Put
County “Over Top”
Transylvania county goes “over
the top” in its scrap metal collec
tion!
That’s the big news of the week!
That’s the goal practically every
man, woman and child in the coun
ty has been working towards for
the past three weeks.
The county’s goal was 1,241,000
pounds, or a 100 pounds per per
son. Official reports late yester
day on the eve of the deadline
showed that a total of 1,164,256
pounds had been collected and that
there are around 326,000 pounds
piled up on the school grounds and
at other collection centers, to Be
collected up by October 31. This
estimate, together with the pound
age already collected, weighed
and sold, gives the county a grand
total of 1,490,256, or 120 pounds
per person.
Realizing that all of the scrap
could not be hauled by last night,
Chairman Howard Wyatt made a
hurried trip over the county yes
terday, visiting the different col
lection centers, and made an esti
mate.
The scrap metal drive offically
ended last night, but an official
ruling has decreed that each coun
ty will be given until October 31
to collect, weigh and report all
i scrap metal gotten together for the
purpose of the three-week news
paper-sponsored campaign.
Other official rulings covering
the dates in the competition in
clude: All scrap collected prior to
October 1, but not officially weigh
ed and reported until October 1
or later, is perfectly eligible for
competition. Likewise, all scrap
collected up to midnight of Oct.
21, but not officially weighed and
reported until Oct. 31, is also
eligible to be counted. All reports
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MANY APPLY FOR
GAS SUPPLEMENTS
Rationing Board Accepting
Renewal Applications.
Caution Is Issued
The rationing board office in
Brevard is now accepting renewal
applications for supplemental gas
oline books, to cover the next
three-month period.
The regulations regarding the
renewal applications have not been
changed, although many boards in
the state have announced that
holders of B and C books must be
content with smaller rations when
the supplemental books are re
newed.
No supplemental books are to
be used after the expiration date,
as specified on the outside of
each book, it is stated.
Holders of such books should
check their expiration dates and
file applications promptly.
In connection with the propos
ed vehicle registration of all extra
or used tires, no dates have been
set for such registration, Mrs.
Davis announced.
Registration Of
Fuel Oil Dealers
Postponed A Week
The registration of fuel oil
dealers, scheduled to have been
held by the Transylvania county
rationing board on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week, has
been postponed until next Tues
day and Wednesday, October 27
and 28, Mrs. Ernestine Davis,
clerk, announced after receiving
a telegram from C. A. Lunsford,
state fuel oil rationing officer.
The delay was caused by a
temporary shortage of necessary
forms, it was explained.
Consumer registration dates
have not been set, but they will
follow shortly after dealer reg
istration is held.
In the meantime, dealers may
sell small amounts of fuel to con
sumers without coupons, provid
ing they have the customers sign
and turn in coupons later.