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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 52: No. 46
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
60 DEER AND 6 BEARS KILLED IN PISGAH ANNUAL HUNT
Consumer Fuel Oil Registration To Be Held In Schools Friday Afternoon
TO BE CONDUCTED
BY TEACHERS IN
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Applies To Registration Of
Kerosene For Lights And
Cooking. Details Given
OTHERS TO REGISTER
A county-wide registration of
consumers of kerosene and other
fuel oil used for lighting and cook
ing will be held tomorrow after
noon, Friday; in every school in
Transylvania, Alex Kizer, fuel ra
tioning committee chairman, an
nounces.
The registration of consumers
of fuel oil for heating is to be
held at the rationing board office
here today, tomorrow and Sat
urday.
Supt. J. B. Jones has instructed
the principals to close schools at
12 o’clock tomorrow and the kero
sene consumer registration will
start at that time and last until
5 o’clock in the afternoon. It will
be conducted by the teachers, un
der the direction of the princip
als.
Application forms and V-fuel oil
ration stamps have been sent to
each school and all unused ones are
to be returned.
The kerosene stamps are to be
issued to consumer for the period
from October 1 to December 31,
regardless of the fact that part of
this time has elapsed. The con
sumer owes the dealer stamps for
all kerosene purchased since Oc
tober 1.
The maximum kerosene allow
ed for domestic cookin* si Ml "be
20 gallons per month per family.
The maximum kerosene allowed
for lighting is 4 gallons per month
per person for the first three per
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BLACK-OUT MON.
NIGHT A SUCCESS
Civilian Defense Unit In
County Praised By State
And Regional Officers
The practice black-out here
Monday night was a complete suc
cess and the Transylvania civilian
defense corps was highly praised
by state and regional officials who
were here checking up on the
test black-out.
For forty minutes the entire
■town and most of the surrounding
area was blacked out. Residents
and motorists cooperated splen
didly and Chairman Ralph Ramsey
described the black-out as being
the “most successful held thus
far’’. The black-out started at 9:20
and ended at 10 o’clock.
The control center at the city
hall worked efficiently and
smoothly and received words of
highest praise from George Snow,
assistant state director of civil
ian defense and L. R. Sides, reg
ional officer.
Mr. Snow said that the control
center here is one of the best of
any of the smaller towns in the
state.
“The south is far ahead in con
trol center work and North Caro
lina is leading the south,” Mr.
Sides declared.
“You have done an excellent
job here tonight and I congratu
late you. You seem to have ex
cellent leadership and a fine or
ganization.”
WARNING ISSUED!
Fire authorities in the county
today issued an urgent warning
to every one and especially to
hunters to be extremely careful
and help prevent forest fires.
It was pointed out that a lit
tle carelessness could cause se
vere loss because of the dryness
of the leaves and possibility of
high winds.
During the past week, several
small forest fires have been re
ported in the county. Last Sun
day there were fires in the Lake
Toxaway section. All of them
were soon put out, however, and
no serious damage resulted.
Motorists discovered two little
fires left by hunters that would
have caused trouble had they
not been caught In time.
Governor Cooper Kills Six-Point Buck
Governor Prentice Cooper of Tennessee is shown above at right
with the 147-pound buck he killed Monday morning on the open
ing day of the two weeks’ Pisgah Forest deer and bear hunt. The
buck was killed on the Davidson river section. Also shown in
the picture is Perry Davis, forest service guide who accompanied
Gov. Cooper. (Staff Photo).
Auto Owners Have Only Three
More Days Left'To Register
And To Have Tires Inspected
Idle Tires Must Be Turned
In Soon. Around 500 Col
lected Here
Automobile owners have only
three more days left in which to
see OPA tire inspectors, get
blanks, fill them out and take steps
to sell all idle tires to the gov
ernment.
Those who fail to do this by
Sunday will be subject to a denial
of gasoline privileges for passen
ger car operation after November
22nd.
The tire inspectors in the coun
ty report that they have been quite
busy for the past few days.
John Bishop, freight and ex
press agent here, states that to
date around 500 tires have been
turned in under the idle tire pur
chase plan.
Most of the owners, he said,
wanted cash for their extra used
tires. Most of the tires are used
ones, too, he said.
The procedure is simple: Drive
your car to an OPA tire inspection
station, get a blank, fill out the
top part and list serial numbers
of all tires on the back of blank.
Then have inspector check the
tires and record his findings.
Then mail the top part of the
blank to the rationing board of
fice here.
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Kiwanis President
W. PAUL TINDALL, assis
tant plant engineer of the Ecus
ta Paper corporation, as the
new president of the Brevard
Kiwanis club.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Mason an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Judith Ann, on October 28, at Wil
mington.
Superior Court Will Convene On
December 7; Jury List Announced
The jury list for the two-week
December term of the Transylvania
county superior court was an
nounced this week.
A total of 36 names are includ
ed on the list of jurors for the
first week and 18 for the second.
The term will open on Monday,
December 7, with Judge J. H.
Clements, of Winston-Salem, sched
uled to preside. Solicitor C. 0. Rid
ings, of Forest City, who was re
elected without opposition, will
continue to serve as solicitor.
The civil court docket and cal
endar had not been made up yes
terday.
The jury list for the term is as
follows:
First Week Beginning On Monday
December 7th
C. H. Glazener, John Brown,
Way man Thomas, Lewis Moore,
C. K. Tinsley, V. L. Neill, Edwin
Staton, Henry Holliday, C. L. Os
borne, Arthur McCrary, Joe Lance,
Carl McCrary, Virgil Gillespie, G.
C. Sentell, Austin Brown, John
O. Cantrell, Robt. Merrill, Doc
Barnes.
C. E. Lance, C. W. Henderson,
M. C. Whitmire, Willie Tinsley,
Furman Reece, R. D. Bosse, Herb
ert Heath, Fred Grogan, M. G.
Cunningham, Mack Corn, Ernest
Lyday, Wiley Townsend, John C.
Tinsley, Jim Anders, Joe Siniard,
F. Paxton, W. V. Galloway, James
M. Jones.
Second Week Beginning On
December 14th
Will L. Stepp, T. M. Merrill, J.
L. Whitmire, Tilden Reece, Law
rence Crow, Wilkie McCall, J. M.
Bryson, H. G. Stophel, Hugh Hol
lifield, Cornelius McCall, J. Ar
thur Whitmire, Bert McLean,
Charley Hogsed, Hamp Scruggs,
John Mann, Tom Mahoney, Alton
Ashworth, W. B. Head.
BAPTIST CHURCHES
TO SEND PRODUCE
TO ORPHANAGE
Expect To Load A Car Here
Next Thursday. All Ask
ed To Co-operate
The Transylvania Baptist As
sociation, through the Sunday
schools, will load a car of produce
here in Brevard next Thursday,
Thanksgiving day, for the Thomas
ville Orphanage, Fred Monteith,
superintendent of the county Sun
day school association, announces.
“All Sunday schools in the As
sociation are urgently requested to
have a part in this movement,” he
said. “There is no better way for
all to give to the Orphanage than
this. If you don’t have the case
to give, you can give part of what
you have raised in your garden
or on the farm in the way of corn,
potatoes, apples, turnips and in
fact just anything you eat at home
the boys and girls at the orphan
age can eat.
Anything that is brought to the
car will be weighed and the driv
er of the car or truck bringing it
in will be given a receipt for the
number of pounds brought. The
weights will then be sent to the
orphanage and they will set the
price and send to each church a
credit memorandum showing what
the produce is worth in dollars and
cents.
“If Thanksgiving day was to be
rainy and bad, bring your produce
the next day, Friday. We want to
get it loaded the first day if pos
sible so it can be moved as the
government wants to keep the ?ars
rolling. Please don’t fail to get
this before your Sunday school
Sunday if you haven’t already done
so, as this will be your last Sun
day before the car is loaded.”
EARLY CHRISTMAS
MAIL IS REQUESTED
BY POST OFFICE
Armed Forces Increasing
Mail. Early Mailing Is
A Necessity
Postmaster Coleman Galloway,
of Brevard, today pointed out that
the Post Office Department now is
starting the most gigantic task
in its history—the movement of a
deluge of Christmas parcels, cards
and letters while maintaining the
regular flow of millions of pieces
of mail daily to and from our arm
ed forces all over the world.
Indications are that the volume
of Christmas mail will be the larg
est on record. Already in Septem
ber, latest month for which figures
are available, retail sales had
reached a level second only to
the record month of December,
1941, according to the Department
of Commerce. And sales are ris
ing. Such heavy purchases always
presage heavy mailings.
If thousands of our soldiers,
sailors, marines and civilian
friends are not to be disappoint
ed at Christmas time, the public
must cooperate by mailing earlier
than ever before and by address
ing letters and parcels properly.
The best efforts of the Post Office
Department alone cannot be
enough, in view of wartime diffi
culties faced by the postal sys
tem. The public must assist.
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Plummer's To Have
Toy Town Preview
Santa is here, children. Well,
not exactly, but he will be here
Friday night of this week at Plum
mer’s department store on West
Main street.
Yes siree, it’s the real thing..
Santa will be at the formal open
ing of Toy Town at Plummer’s
from 7:30 until 9:30 Friday even
ing, all loaded down with free
candy for the children and a gen
tle disposition to show you the
latest in Toyland preview.
Nothing will be sold during the
formal Toy Town opening—but it
provides a mighty good chance to
get acquainted with that elusive
annual visitor who finds his way
down the chimney.
Mrs. Mackey Wins County Canning Contest
Mrs. E. H. Mackey, of Penrose, won the first prize in the recent
canning contest held here. Shown in the above picture with Mrs.
Mackey is Miss Annabel Teague, county home demonstration
agent who helped sponsor the contest. They are admiring the
entries, and especially the winning ones. (Staff Photo).
Women To Conduct Big Safe Of
War Bonds Here During "Women
At War Week” Starting Sunday
Methodist Pastor
REV. W. A. JENKINS, who
succeeds Dr. E. P. Billups as
pastor of the Brevard Metho
dist church. He was formerly
president of Davenport College.
‘A’Gas Ration Is
Cut To 3 Gallons
Effective this Sunday the value
of gasoline ration coupons in A
books will be cut from four to
three gallons, the OPA announced
Tuesday night.
Further reductions in fuel oil
for heating is expected to be an
nounced soon.
Various Organizations To
Promote Sales On Streets.
Quota Is High
The week beginning Sunday and
lasting through Saturday, Novem
ber 28, has been designated as
“Women at War Week” in the na
tion and the women of Brevard
and Transylvania county have
made plans to make this the great
est war bond selling effort since
Pearl Harbor, Mrs. J. M. Allison,
chairman of the woman’s division
of the county war savings staff,
announces.
“We are calling on every pat
riotic Transylvania county woman
to help sell war bonds and stamps
next week,” she stated.
Women of various organizations
here will conduct war bond sales
on the streets here every day next
week and the public is urged to co
operate.
The sales schedule is as follows:
Members of the Music Lovers
club and the Brevard Wednesday
I club are to hold the sale next
Monday, the Mathatasians and
Fortnightly clubs on Tuesday, the
Brevard P-TA on Wednesday,
Brevard home demonstration club
on Friday and the Women’s Civic
club on Saturday.
Mrs. Roosevelt has appealed to
all women to “do their part.”
One of the slogans for the
Thanksgiving week drive is “T.
N. T.—Today, Not Tomorrow”.
“In our struggle for freedom,
we find a sudden insight into the
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Annual Sale Of Christmas Seals
To Start In County Next Monday
The annual sale of Christmas
seals, sponsored by the Tubercu
losis Association, starts next Mon
day and lasts until Christmas, R.
T. Kimzey, chairman, announced
today.
“This year the Christmas seal
sale takes on added significance
because of war conditions,” he
stated. “Experience has taught us
that wars and emergency condi
tions have always resulted in a
marked increase in tuberculosis.
Already there are indications of
such increase.”
Funds derived from the sale
will be used in the county, as well
as the nation, to help fight tuber
culosis, the most dreaded of all
diseases.
They will be used to buy milk
and special food for underprivil
eged children who are affected by
tuberculosis and to prevent the
spread of the disease among the
people by paying for X-ray and
other preventive diagnosis and
treatment.
It is pointed out that 30 years
ago tuberculosis was at the head
of the list of diseases. Since the
start of the work supported by
Christmas seal sales, it has now
been pushed down to 17th place.
A half of a million people in the
nation are now suffering with the
disease, however.
Mrs. Dora M. Patton states that
one pressing need in the county
right now concerns an arrested
case that needs dentures which
cost $30. “Food is necessary but
she cannot get nourishment from
the food unless she has teeth.
Buying Christmas seals will put
teeth in the fight against tubercu-j
losis.”
Mrs. E. F. Tilson is treasurer of
the association. Members of the
committee include Jerry Jerome,
Donald Moore, Mrs. N. A. Miller,
Miss Alma Trowbridge, Miss Jes
sie Mae Alexander.
GOVERNOR COOPER
KILLS DEER HON.,
350 IN HUNT TODAY
Largest Bear Weighs 24Z
Pounds And Largest Deer
192 Pounds Dressed
GOVERNOR IS HAPPY
A grand total of 60 deer and 6
bears were killed the first three
days of this week in the Pisgah
National forest deer and bear
hunts in the Davidson river and
Wilderness areas.
The annual hunt opened Mon
day with 350 hunters from ?
states participating and 28 deer
and 3 bears were bagged on the
opening day with Governor Pren
tice Cooper, of Tennessee, killing
one of the deer.
Starting today and lasting for
the next three days hunting
switches to the North Mills river*
Pisgah Ledge and other Wilder
ness areas.
J. H. Longshore, game refuge
supervisor who is in charge of the
hunt, said last night that 350 men
are booked to take part in these,
three-day hunts.
The largest deer killed so far
weighed 192 pounds dressed and
was killed Tuesday by W. P. Gar
ren, of Hendersonville.
Gets 242-Pound Bear
Dr. Benjamin I. Harrison, Knox
ville, Tenn., surgeon, killed the
first and the heaviest bear. It
weighed 242 pounds dressed and
was estimated to be four years
old. Another Knoxville man, W.
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35-MILES-HOUR
LIMIT WILL BE
RIGIDLY APPLIED
Rationing Board Cautions
Motorists. May Lose Ra
tioning Rights
Motorists who are caught driv
ing over 35 miles per hour may be
denied both gasoline and tire ra
tions, members of the Transylvania
rationing board cautioned this
week.
It was pointed out that a person
found guilty of driving at a great
er speed than 35 miles an hour may
be denied rationing privileges
completely.
If the board receives a record
of court conviction of speeding,
whether in this or some other
state, it need not give the offen
der a hearing, but may recall his
ration book, the regulations state.
In case of a complaint of speed
ing, the board may give the of
fender a hearing and if it should
find he was in fact guilty, it may
revoke and cancel his book.
“Both gasoline and tire rations
may be revoked by local boards
after hearing whenever a person
uses a ration for any purpose
other than that for which it was
granted,” the state OPA director
points out.
“There are sufficient teeth in
the new regulations to insure the
public compliance with them,” he*
said. “The OPA must guard the
home front in order that the bat
tle front may be adequately sus
tained.”
TRUCK WAR NECESSITY
CERTIFICATE DEADLINE
POSTPONED UNTIL FIRST
The deadline for requiring all
trucks and taxicabs to have cer
tificates of war necessity baa
been extended from November
15 to December 1, it was an
nounced this week/
The delay has been due to a
lag in getting application forms
delivered and approved.
It was also announced that
truck owners whose rationing
books expire or give out before
December 1, may apply to the
local rationing board for sup
plemental coupons.
At that time a new issuance
of gasoline coupons for trucks
will be made. To fill out forms,
owners must have the certifi
cates. They will be known an
“T” instead of “S” ration hooka,
it is stated.