The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 44
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DEMOCRATS WIN IN TRANSYLVANIA BY URGE MAJORITIES
CAMP CONNESTEE
BOUGHT BY MISS
MARYW. GWYNN
Wright Sisters And Mrs. Ott
Have Operated Fine Girls
Camp For Years
Camp Connestee for girls, one
of Transylvania county’s 10 or
ganized summer camps, has been
sold the past week to Miss Mary
W. Gwynn, experienced camp op
erator, of Leaksville. The pur
chase was made from Mrs. J. P.
Ott and Misses Zoe and Mary
Wright, of Bradenton, Fla., own
ers and directors of the camp for
the past 20 years.
The purchase price was not
disclosed. The camp is located
about 7 miles from Brevard, just
below the beautiful Connestee
falls, and near Caesar's Head. The
property consists of 230 acres,
adequate buildings and surround
ings.
Miss Gwynn, who has operated
a summer camp in Brevard at
Camp Transylvania for young-age
boys and girls the past eight years,
plans to open Camp Connestee
early next summer for both boys
and girls of younger age, accord
ing to information given out this
week by Miss Wright.
Camp Connestee is one of this
county's outstanding summer
camps for girls, and has been pro
nounced by visitors as having the
most beautiful natural setting of
all of the camps in Transylvania
county. The camp has increased
in popularity and enrollment from
year to year, and the past season
was said by Miss Wright to have
been the most successful since
she and her sisters have owned
and operated the camp. Many
applicants have been turned away
each summer because of lack of
space. The camp’s capacity is 125,
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AUTO OWNERS TO
REGISTER TIRES
IN NEAR FUTURE
Inspection Will Also Be Re
quired. No Definite Dates
Announced Yet
In the near future all automo
bile owners will be required to
register again and in addition to
information about their cars
and gasoline books, they will be
required to list serial numbers of
tires mounted on the vehicles and
serial numbers of any other pas
senger car tires owned, the local
war price and rationing board an
nounces.
After registering the owner will
be required to take the automo
bile to an OPA tire inspector who
will inspect all tires, list the ser
vice needed and record speed
ometer reading.
One of the main purposes of
this registering is to get an ac
curate check on all surplus tires.
Each car will be allowed to
have five tires mounted on it. No
announcement has been made, but
it is understood that the govern
ment will purchase all surplus
tires.
The OPA tire inspectors ap
pointed for Transylvania are:
Buck McCall’s service station,
Pisgah Forest; Duckworth Motor
company, Gibbs and Tinsley’s
service stations, Brevard; Hogsed
Auto service, Rosman and Mc
Neely’s store, Lake Toxaway.
County Has A High
Bond Sale Record
For Past 6 Months
During the past six months,
Transylvania county people
have bought a total of $185,
092.00 worth of bonds and
stamps, which is $69,192.00 ov
er total monthly quotas or 159
percent. Chairman E. H. McMa
han announces.
The county has exceeded its
quota every month. The per
centages for each month are as
follows: May 249 percent, June,
147 percent; July, 122 percent;
August, 120 percent; September,
179 percent and October 199
percent.
“This is a fine record and we
must keep it up,” Mr. McMahan
said. It is also believed that
Transylvania has one of the
best records of any county in
the state.
National, State And County Officers Elected On Tuesday
Senator J. W. Bailey defeat
ed Sam Morris by a large major
ity to retain his seat in the U.
S. Senate.
Congressman Zebulon Weaver
was re-elected Tuesday over
Gola P. Ferguson, to serve his
13th term in Congress. The vet
eran Congressman has served
during both wars.
Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva,
was also re-elected Tuesday. She
and J. T. Bailey will represent
Transylvania.
M. Wallace Galloway, of Bre
vard, was re-elected to represent
Transylvania in the General As
sembly in lower house.
Freeman Hayes defeated Ruf
us Owen for Sheriff of the coun
ty. Mr. Hayes led the Demo
cratic ticket in the county.
Nearly 21 Million Pounds
Reported In The Scrap Drive;
County Winners Announced
Pisgah Forest, Brevard High
And Little River Win $25
War Bond
COMMANDOS ALSO WIN
The winners in the Transylvania
scrap metal contest are the Pisgah
Forest school, the Brevard high
school, Little River school and the
Junior Commandos, judges an
nounced yesterday, after going
over final reports submitted by
Chairman Howard Wyatt.
These four will receive a $25
war bond or its equivalent in cash
as prize awards.
The contest, as announced, pro
vided a prize for the school turn
ing in the largest poundage per
enrollment, one for the junior or
ganizations reporting the largest
poundage, one for the woman’s or
ganization reporting largest pound
age and one for the firm or indi
vidual reporting largest poundage.
Since no woman’s organization
worked to win the prize, judges
decided to give this award to the
school ranking second.
The Ecusta Paper corporation
was the unquestionable winner of
the individual or firm prize and
President Harry Straus, upon
learning that the schools had done
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45 TRANSYLVANIA
MEN ARE INDUCTED
Left Yesterday For Camp
Jackson. Only 10 Failed
To Pass Exams
County’s Per Capita Rating
Is 203.4. Rank Second In
Section
MAY WIN STATE PRIZE
With a grand total of 2,491,031
pounds and a per capita rating of
203.4, Transylvania county ranks
second in scrap metal collection in
Western North Carolina and has
an excellent chance of winning
second place in the state.
The intensive one-month, news
paper-sponsored campaign closed
last Saturday night and even
Chairman Howard Wyatt and the
salvage committee was surprised
to learn, after making their rounds
estimating the poundage assembl
ed at the various collection cen
ters, that the county’s total had
soared to such high levels.
In accordance with the rules of
the state contest, a committee of
three members visited the differ
ent collection places in the coun
ty and rendered estimates. These
estimated figures, added to the
totals that had been hauled by the
WPA trucks or sold to junk deal
ers, gave the county a total pound
age of nearly two and a half mil
lion or an average of 203.4 pounds
per person.
The report was sent to head
quarters in Raleigh and an an
nouncement of winners is expect
ed to be made today.
The success of the drive in this
county was due in a large meas
ure to the schools and to the coun
ty’s industries.
Leading the parade was the
Ecusta Paper corporation whose
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ARMY ENLISTMENT
WEEK WILL BEGIN
THIS SATURDAY
18 and 19-Year-Olders Urg
ed To Join. Sponsored
Here By Legion
The week starting Saturday and
ending the following Saturday,
has been designated as “Western
Carolina Army Enlisment Week”
and the enlistment will be spon
sored here by the Monroe Wilson
American Legion post.
All 18 and 19 yefr-old-men in
particular are being urged to join
the army while they can still
choose any branch of the service
they desire.
Brown Carr was appointed
chairman of the county Legion
Army enlistment committee at a
meeting of the post Tuesday night.
Other members are Dr. Carl Har
din, Frank King, Howard Wyatt
and Bob Wright.
Booklets telling all about the op
portunities offered by the Army
will be available to all young men
at the city hall, the clerk of court’s
office, Carr Lumber company and
Hogsed’s place at Rosman.
“Today every healthy young
man who has passed 18 and is not
yet 20 has an opportunity to
choose any one of 13 branches of
Army service,” it is stated.
“This choice is open to you be
cause the Army needs men of that
age to build a balanced force.”
Each Legionnaire is expected to
boost the enlistment and to give
full information.
Hospital Aux. To
Meet On The 13th
A meeting of the Hospital Aux
iliary will be held in the ladies’
parlor of the Methodist church on
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock,
November 13. All members are
asked to attend.
Armistice Day To Be Quietly
Observed Here; Public Asked
To Pause In Moment Of Prayer
BAILEY, WEAVER
AND OTHER DEMO
CONGRESSMEN WIN
Republican Thomas Dewey
Is Elected Gov. Of New
York. G. O. P. Gains
Senator Josiah W. Bailey, Con- j
, gressman Zebulon Weaver and all;
of the state’s Democratic candi- j
dates for Congress were elected
or re-elected Tuesday by substan
tial majorities, incomplete re
turns showed yesterday, while in
various other states in the na
tion Republican candidates for
governor, senator, and representa
tives swept into office.
Leading the Republican parade
was the election of Thomas Dewey
as governor of New York. The
crusading young attorney is New
York’s first Republican governor
in 20 years. He won by a good
majority.
Despite the gains of the Repub
lican party, the Democrats still
have control of both houses of
Congress.
Incomplete returns yesterday
gave Senator Bailey 68,383 votes
against 17,430 for Sam J. Morris,
of Raleigh. Congressman Weaver
had received 13,085 votes against
his Republican opponent’s total
of 3,371. Mr. Weaver has already
served 12 terms in the House.
In the state’s congressional
district, former governor Cam
Morrison has been assured of elec
tion.
Stores Expected To Close
For Only Five Minutes.
County Offices Close
In observance of Armistice Day
on November 11, Monroe Wilson
post of the American Legion is
requesting that all church bells
be rung at 11 o’clock next Wed
nesday morning and that every
person in Brevard and Transyl
vania county pause in a moment
of silent prayer in memory of
those who have died for our
country in all previous wars and
the present war and for an early
Allied Victory.
This appropriate observance
plan was agreed upon at a meet
ing of the Legion post Tuesday
night. All churches, ministers and
the general public are urged to
co-operate.
Stores Asked To Close
For Five Minutes
Brevard stores are expected to
remain open all day next Wed
nesday, but they are asked to close
for five minutes at 11 o’clock and
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Gasoline Committee
Meets Every Friday
The recently appointed county
gasoline committee, whose duties
include accepting and passing on
all applications for supplemental
gasoline books, meets every Fri
day morning at 10 o’clock at the
rationing board office here, it
was announced today.
Charles W. Davis, of Brevard; is
chairman of the committee and
Jim Waters is member.
The action of the committee is
final.
Of the 57 Transylvania county
volunteers and selectees who were
examined at Camp Croft on Octob
er 21 and 22, 47 of them passed
and 45 of this number left yester
day morning by special bus to re
port at Camp Jackson, S. C., and
enter active service.
A number of people were on
hand to “see them off” and the
boys were given cigarettes, as well
as the best wishes of the entire
county.
Ben H. Maultsby, who was ac
cepted for officer candidate and
Alfred Marion Gillespie went im
mediately into service at Camp
Croft.
The 45 who left yesterday were:
Harry W. Clayton and Tom E.
Grogan, acting corporals, Carl
Cooper, Roy L. Wilson, Richard
Baumgardner, Lee R. Wilson,
Glenn A. Whitmire, James A. Bar
ton, George D. McCormick, John
B. Whitmire, Frank A. Smith,
John B. Reid, William T. Whit
mire, Joseph R. Manley, Edgar
A. Aiken, William H. Cox, Jr.,
Richard C. McKinney, Jack A.
Gravely, Cos N. Banther, Ernest
Burch, Roy L. Gravely, Louie C.
Miller, Charles L. Waldrop, Wil
liam O. Aiken, Ramon B. Purse,
Joe Neely, Horace E. Banks, Wil
liam A. Lyday, Frank M. Lance,
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Unofficial Transylvania County Election Returns
ELECTION
PRECINCT
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TOTALS_
2487 1095
2310 1301
2391 1136
2277 2338
1251 1100
2470 1034
2429
935
VOTING IS LIGHTER
THAN IN PREVIOUS
YEARS IN COUNTY
Freeman Hayes Led Demo
cratic Ticket; McNeely
Republican Ticket
THREE NOT REPORTED
With voting over a fourth light
er than it was two years ago, Tran
sylvania county voters went to the
polls Tuesday and gave all Demo
cratic candidates majorities rang
ing from 1,000 to 1,400, according
to unofficial returns tabulated yes
terday afternoon.
All precincts in the county ex
cept three had sent in reports yes
terday afternoon and Chairman
Fred Johnson stated that these
three—Gloucester 1, Hogback 1,
and Old Toxaway— would not
change the county’s totals a great
deal.
On the basis of unofficial returns
reported yesterday, Freeman
Hayes led the Democratic ticket.
His total vote cast in 14 precincts
was 2,487. Congressman Weaver
was second high with 2,470 votes
and Senator Bailey third, with
2,429.
Walter W. McNeely, candidate
for clerk of court, led the Repub
lican ticket with 1,301 votes. Ralph
Fisher was second with 1,251 and
A. M. White third, with 1,136.
Of the 14 precincts reported*
Hayes carried 10 and Rufus Owen
4. Yesterday Hayes’ majority stood
at 1,392, while Mrs. McKee had a
1,026 majority over Ralph Fisher.
In 1940, a total of 5,351 votes
were cast in this county for con
gressional candidates and esti
mates show that the total vote in
the congressional race Tuesday
will run around 3,900, which is a
fourth less than two years ago.
Republican leaders state that their
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ANNUAL SALE OF .
CHRISTMAS SEALS
WILL START SOON
Mrs. C. Y. Patton Is Acting
Chairman. To Mail Out
Supplies Soon
Transylvania, county’s annual
Christmas Seal sale will get un
der way on November 23 and con
tinue in Brevard and the county
for several weeks, Mrs. C. Y. Pat
ton, acting chairman has an
nounced.
Mrs. Patton and her assistants
will mail letters with seals en
closed to individuals and organ
! izations throughout the county,
and they are asked to follow in
structions and make every effort
to sell the little penny seals.
The Christmas seals, which are
used each year on holiday mail
and packages, will help in the
fight of tuberculosis throughout
this county and nation and will
help, in their sales, the tubercu
losis association to hold the bat
tle lines on the home front.
Wars have always brought an
increase in tuberculosis, it is
pointed out, and since protection
of civilian health has become a
necessary part of home defense, it
is urged by the committee in
charge that the public co-operate
in buying these little stamps to
aid in safeguarding the health of
children and adults in all walks
of life.
County’s October
Bond Sales Nearly
Double Its Quota
Transylvania war bond sales for
October totalled $38,237.50,, which
was only $162.50 short of being
exactly twice as much as the
month’s quota, Chairman E. H.
McMahan announces.
He states that this is about the
best record the county has made
and urges every one to continue
to buy bonds and help the county
keep up its fine record.
The October Sales were as fol
lows: Pisgah Forest post office
$21,206.25; Transylvania Trust
company, $8,400; Brevard post
office, $3,262.50; Federal Savings
and Loan association, $1,275; Bos
nian post office $393.75 and sale*
reported direct through the Fed
eral Reserve bank, $3,700.
The November quota has not
been announced.