CTORY
UNITED
STATES
The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
FOEVICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
WAR
Vol. 53: No. 1
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY, 7, 1943
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BIG FARM PRODUCTION DRIVE PLANNED
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Governor Broughton And President Roosevelt Will Speak Today
STATE, NATIONAL
SESSIONS OPENED
WED AFTERNOON
Broughton To Recommend
9-Months School Term.
Kerr Is Speaker
FACE MANY PROBLEMS
Today at noon Gov. J. M.
Broughton will deliver an address
before a joint session of the state
general assembly and in Wash
ington this afternoon President
Roosevelt will address a joint ses
sion of the 78th congress.
Both legislative bodies conven
ed yesterday and deliberations on
important wartime measures will
get underway immediately after
the chief executives deliver their
speeches, which are expected to
contain significant recommenda
tions.
According to advance informa
tion which The Times received.
Gov. Broughton will tell the state
legislators that the state is in the
best financial condition in its his
tory, but he will warn that the
surplus of $30,000,000 should in
no sense be deemed a green light
for reckless or unnecessary spend
ing.
He will, it is believed, recom
mend that at least $20,000,000 of
the surplus be set aside as a post
war reserve fund to be invested
in state and federal securities and
will point out that in his opin
ion state revenues will drop con
siderably in the future. Sharp
decline in revenues from the high
way funds will also be cited.
To Recommend 9-Months
Among other things, he will, it
is stated, give his unqualified en
dorsement to a 9-months school I
term, explaining that “we are fi
nancially able to afford it.” He
will also advocate increases in the
funds allotted to the state’s 4 in
stitutions for the care and treat
ment of the insane and mentally
deficient. He will also propose
amendments to the “light wines”
law to overthrow the evils of the
present system.
He will also praise the state for
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27 MEN TO LEAVE
TODAY FOR CAMP
Three Local Women’s Clubs
To Serve Breakfast For
Them. Names Given
Members of the Mathatasian,
Wednesday and Fortnightly clubs
have underwritten cost of break
fast for the Transylvania soldiers
who are to leave here this morning
and hoys who have to come in
early or who have to spend the
night previous to leaving will be
guests of these clubs.
President C. M. Douglas, of the
Chamber of Commerce, stated
Wednesday that other groups were
needed to provide breakfast for
boys leaving next month, and ask
ed that such groups as will par
ticipate in this movement to con
tact him at the Carolina Motor
Club office.
In addition to providing break
fast for the boys leaving for their
“second” or acceptance trip this
week, members of the three ladies’
clubs also provided hot coffee for
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Bonding Firm Sends
County A Check To
Cover Clerk Account
The Transylvania county com
missioners received a draft Mon
day in the amount of $2,834.91
from the National Surety corpor
ation, in full payment of the coun
ty’s claim against the bonding
company for accounts owed by
Spalding McIntosh, former clerk
of superior court, it was learned
yesterday.
The total amount was divided as
follows: state processing tax,
$284.00; officers benefit fund,
$45; due others, less some recent
receipts sent in, $1,037.61; coun
ty general fund, $386.05 and coun
ty school fund, $1,082.25.
The “accounts due others” will
be disbursed by the present
clerk of court, N. A. Miller, it is
stated.
Armfield Succeeds Anderson On Times Staff
John Anderson, left, will enter military service at Fort Jackson
Monday and Ira B. Armfield, right, will succeed him on the staff
of The Transylvania Times, as advertising and business manager.
John Anderson To Enter Military
Service Monday; Ira B. Armfield
To Succeed Him On Times Staff
To Start Training In Army
At Fort Jackson. Active
In Civic Work.
John I. Anderson, who has
been business and advertising
manager of The Times for the
past two years, will enter mili
tary service next Monday at Fort
Jackson, S. C.
Since last June Mr. Anderson
has also served as publicity di
rector for Brevard College. His
brother, Ed M. Anderson, will
take over this assignment.
Mr. Anderson has been active
in local civic affairs, too. Last
year he served as president of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce,
director of the Senior Chamber
and is a member of the Brevard
Lions club.
“I love Brevard and hate to
leave now, but to win this war
and to save Democracy and a free
press, all of us have got to make
sacrifices,” he said. “It is my priv
ilege to render further service to
my country in the front lines of
defense.
“The finest people on earth live
in Brevard and Transylvania and
I shall carry pleasant memories
with me, even if I land on the
battlefronts of North Africa,
Europe or Asia,” he declared.
Large Quantity Of
Scrap Is Collected
From Ecusta Plant
Under the direction of Chair
man Howard Wyatt, a total of
150,375 pounds of scrap metal
have been hauled from the Ecus
ta Paper corporation to Asheville
by WPA trucks during the past
three weeks.
“We only took one day for
Christmas,” Chairman Wyatt said.
“Ecusta is co-operating splendid
ly with the program and I know
we all appreciate it.
In discussing the scrap situa
tion, Chairman Wyatt said there
is still a lot of scrap in the coun
ty and declared, “we are not go
ing to quit until the war is won.”
The 4-B club drive, in co-opera
tion with the schools is now un
derway.
Armfield, Native Of- South
Carolina, Is Experienced
Newspaper Man
Ira B. Armfield, a well train
ed, experienced, and outstanding
newspaper man, will succeed
John I. Anderson as advertising
and business manager of The
Times. He will also assist Ed M.
Anderson with the editorial work.
Mr. Armfield, a native of South
Carolina, spent a portion of his
boyhood in this state and has
many relatives living in the vi
cinity of Greensboro and farther
east. He learned the printing
trade as a youth and a young man
and, after three years of teach
ing following his graduation from
The Citadel in 1915, bought a
paper of his own. For some 16
years he was active as a publish
er and produced papers of recog
nized merit.
During his long career in the
printing and publishing business,
Mr. Armfield has worked in sev
eral states and on both weekly
and daily papers. In recent years,
he has centered his efforts on ad
vertising, editorial writing, pub
licity and promotions. In addi:
tion to the practical knowledge
of advertising gained in news
paper offices, Mr. Armfield has
had instruction from two of the
largest advertising schools in the
world. In both he won the praise
of his instructors for his lucid
and compelling style of writing
and for his artistic layouts. He
came to Brevard from New Al
bany, Miss., where he was editor
and ad man on one of the state’s
largest and most influential week
lies.
Mr. Armfield is a member of
the Baptist church and has been
identified with civic clubs in a
number of towns and cities. He is
unmarried.
AT THE HOSPITAL
Patients reported on Wednes
day afternoon to be in Transyl
vania Community hospital in
clude: Mrs. Homer Conner and
infant son, born January 6th,
Mrs. Clarence Holden, Bobby
Plummer, Mrs. H. T. McDaniel,
George Nicholson, Mrs. Ernest
McCall, Miss Jean Nelson, Jesse
and Laura Cagle, Hazel Miller.
Grades For Dairies Operating In
County Announced By Health Dept
The Transylvania County Health
department this week made an
nouncement of grades given dai
ries and milk plants in the coun
ty as required by the standard
milk ordinance of the U. S. Pub
lic health Service which is opera
tive in the county.
, Grade A plant dairies are: East
view Dairy farm, Sunnyside dairy,
Davis’ dairy, Brevard College
dairy and Blake’s dairy. These
dairies are supplying milk to the
Transylvania Dairies Pasteurizing
plant, which together with Bilt
more Dairy farms, is given a
Grade A rating for pasteurized
milk. Dairies operating in the
county with less than a Grade A
are Carmel Pickelsimer’s dairy,
Roscoe Nicholson’s dairy, J. S.
Nicholson’s dairy, Mrs. W. L.
Mull’s dairy, which do not con
form to the regulations of the
standard milk ordinance for grade
A milk and are given grade C,
Sanitarian Walter Hart announc
ed.
It is gratifying to know that
there is a daily sale of 671 gallons
of grade A pasteurized milk in
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FREEZE ORDER ON
RENEWAL B AND C
BOOKS IS LIFTED
Board Authorized To Start
Issuing Renewals Mon
day. Details Given
On Monday of this week the j
freeze order imposed Dec. 21 on |
issuance of supplementary renew-1
al “B” and “C” gasoline books was
lifted in compliance with new reg-!
ulations issued by OPA in Wash-1
ington, according to Charles W.
Davis, chairman of the county
gasoline rationing committee.
The new regulations, dated De
cember 28, state that it is “im
perative” that a 25 per cent re
duction in gasoline consumption
be made in a certain area, which j
includes North Carolina. The
local board is enjoined by the regu
lations to endeavor to reduce ap
plicant’s mileage needs to an ab
solute minimum. The board is
authorized, however, where re
duction of coupon value would
make it impossible for an appli
cant to carry on his business to
issue a ration prior to the normal
expiration date of the old ration.
The primary purposfe of the new
policy, Mr. Davis stated, is to cur
tail “B” and “C” consumption in
order to help bring about the neces
sary 25 per cent saving where ex
treme hardship would not result
from such a policy.
“When an applicant claims that
the new 378 miles ration ceil
ing does not allow 6i^i sufficient
occupational mileagi the Board
should expressly poilt out t^ him
that the critical petmleum supply
situation is a serioiisphreat to the
war effort and necessitates a re
duction in the mileage driven by
all car owners,” it is explained.
Mileage in excess of 378 miles
may not be allowed to any person
not eligible for preferred mileage.
The new order contains a table
of mileage authorizations.
BANK ENJOYED A
RECORD BUSINESS
DURING PAST YR.
Total Resources Passed Mil
lion Mark Several Times.
Statement Printed
1942 was one of the best and
most significant years in the his
tory of the Transylvania Trust
company.
Several times during the past
twelve months the resources of
Brevard’s outstanding bank pass
ed the million mark.
A comparison of the 1942 an
nual statement with the one pub
lished December 31, 1941, dis
closes that during the past year
the total resources showed a gain
of $213,177.92 and deposits jump
ed from $690,516.08 to $899,073.
36, an increase of $208,557.28.
The surplus account, according
to the 1942 statement, totals $17,
500, a gain of $2,500 over 1941.
The reserve account likewise
showed a gain, the amount being
$1,234.78. An increase of $2,000
was made in the retirement of
preferred stock account.
On the other hand, the bank’s
cash loan dropped about $50,000,
while the investment in U. S.
bonds was up over $75,000.
On December 31, 1942, the
bank’s total resources were $987,
895.54, as compared with $774,
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Two Houses Broken
Into Here On Sat.
But Nothing Taken
Officers are still following up
several indirect clues in an at
tempt to find the party or parties
who mysteriously broke into both
of the Clement residences here
last Saturday evening.
Officers said the would-be
thieves apparently went through
nearly every room in both houses,
but that they did not take any
thing.
At the time, Mr. and Mrs. Verne
Clement were attending a movie
and Mr. F. D. Clement is away
on a vacation in Florida.
Transylvania Chapter Of S. C. FJ
Is Organized; Paul Rains Will;
Speak At City Hall On Saturday
Gets Appointment
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DEWEY GRAVELY, of Bre
vard, has been appointed zone
deputy collector of the Depart
ment of Internal Revenue. He
has resigned as local Justice.
GRAVELY NAMED
COLLECTOROF
U. S. REVENUE
Well Known Brevard Man
Left Saturday To As
sume New Duties
Dewey Gravely, well known
citizen, has been appointed a zone
deputy collector of the U. S. De
partment of Internal Revenue.
Mr. Gravely resigned his posi
tion at Ecusta and left last Satur
day for Greensboro, where he
will be located the next two
months, taking initial training be
fore being given a field assign
ment.
Before leaving Mr. Gravely told
a Times reporter that he did not
know where he would be perma
nently located. “I hope to get
back to Western North Carolina,”
he said. In the meantime, his
family will continue to live here.
He has been working at Ecusta
for the past 15 months and prior
to that time he was the local rep
resentative of the Jefferson Stand
ard Life Insurance company. He
was formerly connected with the
McCrary Auto Service for several
years.
Mr. Gravely has also resigned
his position as justice of peace.
For the past several months he
has been in charge of the town
mayor’s court.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICE
FOR THIS SUN. ANNOUNCED
Holy communion service will be
held at the St. Philips Episcopal
church here Sunday morning at 8
o’clock, church school at 10 and
morning prayer at 11, Rev. Harry
Perry announces. The subject of
the morning sermon will be “Wor
ship of the Magi.”
The annual congregational
meeting for the election of a vest
ry to serve 1943 will be held im
mediately after the morning ser
vice.
Mrs. Franklin Is Temporary!
Chairman. Officers And
Committees Selected
Paul Rains, field representa
tive of Save the Children’s Fed
eration and Mrs. Charles Cole,
North Carolina supervisor of the
federation, will meet with mem
bers of the local chapter at the
city hall here Saturday afternoon
at 3 o’clock, Mrs. B. D. Franklin,
temporary chairman of the county
S. C. F. unit, announces.
In addition to all members of
the committee, school teachers
and every person who is interested
in child welfare is urged to at
tend the meeting.
Mrs. Franklin also announced
that 1000 pounds of clothing and
shoes for the county have already
been received and that plans will
be made at the meeting Saturdav
for the disposal of this clothing.
The S. C. F. seeks to help those
children whose needs are not met
by any other outside agency, she
said. “It co-operates with all
other forces that may be entitled
to do this work. It helps to so
educate the children and their
parents that they will be able to
devise simple means for health
and comfort.”
To those ends, Mrs. Franklin
said, the S. C. F. cooperates with
the public schools in order to se
cure the largest possible atten
dance so that the children may be
prepared to take their place as
self-respecting, self-supporting cit
izens. Clothing is provided where
it is necessary to make school at
endance possible. Hot lunches
are also promoted and so on.
Mrs. Ashby Johnson is vice
chairman of the county chapter,
Miss Elma Goodell, secretary and
Rev. Harry Perry treasurer.
The chapter has four main com
mittees—welfare, commodity, mem
bership and public information.
Mrs. F. P. Sledge is chairman of
the welfare committee and the
other members that have been
named to date are Mrs. A. N.
Sisk, Rosman, Mrs. Combs, princi
pal of the Balsam Grove school,
Mrs. Herbert Finck and Mrs. D.
T. Abercrombie, of Brevard.
Mrs. T. V. Schepkowski is chair
man of the commodity committee
and the members are Miss Ruby
Whitmire, Miss Annie Mae Pat
ton, Mrs. Geneva Farrior, Con
nestee school and Mrs. Lola Lusk,
Rosman.
C. M. Douglas is chairman of the
membership committee and the
members are Mrs. G. H. Lyday,
Mrs. Jerry Jerome, Mrs. Randall
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Sarah Wilson Joins
WAACS; In Training
Sarah R. Wilson, who has been
recently employed at the Canteen
Cafe and Rockbrook camp, re
ported for active duty in the
WAAC training center at Daytona
Beach, Florida, this week, it was
announced yesterday in a com
munique to The Times.
Miss Wilson came to Brevard
last summer from Walhalla, South
Carolina, and resided on Caldwell
street. She enrolled in the WAAC
over six weeks ago and wrote to
friends here that she was very
excited over being accepted.
Local High School Students
May Take College Exams Early
All high school principals of
this county have been authorized
by the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction, in cooperation with
the North Carolina College Con
ference, to give special examina
tions on January 14 for any high
school students who expect to be
called into the armed service softn
and who desire to better equip
themselves with some college
training before induction.
Students passing the January 14
examinations will be eligible to
enter the colleges at a special
term which opens January 27, the
time when the first semester for
most of the high schools ends.
In addition to the special class
beginning January 27, the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chap
el Hill is admitting this week, and
through January 12 of next week,
such high school students as can
properly qualify through examina
tions being held at Chapel Hill.
More than 40 such students were
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AAA COMMITTEE
AND WAR BOARD
MET YESTERDAY
Drafted Plans To Contact
Every Farm In County
For 1943 Goals
ENLOE EXPLAINS PLAN
Agricultural leaders of Tran
sylvania county are now making
plans to get every farm in the
county mobilized for maximum
farm war production in 1943,
County Agent Julian Glazener
announces.
Following a district meeting at
Waynesville Monday, which was
attended by eight -Transylvania
farm leaders, the county AAA
committee and the county war
board committee met yesterday
to map out ways and means of
getting every farmer to “go the
limit” in producing needed war
commodities.
Jeff Enloe, district AAA repre
sentative, met with the war board
committee Wednesday afternoon
and explained the 1943 farm plan
which ties in with the production
goals set.
The committees were unable to
get everything in readiness to hold
a farm mobilization day in the
county next Tuesday, but it will
be held in the near future, it is
stated.
The 1943 goals call for a 28 per
cent increase over 1942 in the
production of meat and poultry
and a 14 per cent increase in the
output of eggs. A higher produc
tion of potatoes, corn, dried
beans and peas is also requested.
Under the farm war production
program, :ht / AA is charged with
the responsibility of working out
with each farm operator a 1943
farm plan for every farm in the
county and nation. Committee
men are to interview every farm
er and to help work out a plan
for each farm.
Farm production goals for Tran
sylvania will be announced next
week, it is stated.
The county AAA committee is
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BREVARD’S FIRE
LOSS LOW IN '42
Total Property Loss $800.
No Persons Injured Or
Burned To Death
In 1942 Brevard had its best
fire record in several years, John
Smith, chief of the fire depart
ment, stated yesterday.
The town’s total property loss
from fires was only $800.00, he an
nounced. “We answered 15 alarms
and the per capita loss averaged
only 231/£ cents.” There were no
human injuries or losses.
Of course the fires in North Bre
vard and at Ecusta were not in
cluded in the town’s report.
Chief Smith said he was grati
fied over this record and that he
wished to thank every one for
splendidly cooperating with the
department in its fire prevention
program.
“This record was undoubtedly
due in a large measure to our be
ing fire-conscious—Let’s stay that
way,” he urged.
County December
Quota By $3,537.50
Transylvania county’s December
war bond sales exceeded the
quota by $3,537.50, Chairman E.
H. McMahan announced yester
day.
Sales for the month were $33,
237.50 and the quota was $29,
700.00.
The January quota is $35,120.25.
“We have not failed to meet our
monthly quotas yet and certainly
we cannot afford to start off the
New Year by falling short,” Mr.
McMahan said.
December sales were as fol
lows: Pisgah Forest post office,
$18,093.75; Brevard post office,
$1,800.00; Transylvania Trust
company $8,843.75 and Brevard
Federal Savings & Loan, $5,300.
No report from Rosman has been
received yet.
Bond Sales Exceed