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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53: No. 2
BREVARD, NORTH CARQLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1943
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TO START HUGE VICTORY GARDEN DRIVE HERE SATURDAY
GOV. BROUGHTON
SUBMITS RECORD
BUDGETFORSTATE
Asks For $105,060,538 Ex
penditure Next Two Years,
And For “War Bonus”
Exceeding by nearly $10,000,000
the record outlay in 1941. Gover
nor Broughton on Tuesday recom
mended to the general assembly
the expenditure during the 1943
45 biennimum of $105,060,538 and
proposed an additional outlay of
$9,188,629 between January 1.
1943. and January 1, 1945. to pay
a “war bonus” to state employees,
including school teachers. On the
same day a revenue bill estimated
to raise during the biennium more
than $104,000,000 was sent to the
legislature.
Larger expenditures were recom
mended for many of the state de
partments, with the largest pro
posed increase going to the schools.
This would amount to $8,923,146
for the coming biennium with the
proposed “war bonus” included.
No provision was made for the ad
dition of a state-supported ninth
month to the term. The bonus
would be paid on a sliding scale,
with employees receiving from
$900 to $3,900 a year a salary
boost of $10 per month. Those re
ceiving $4500 or over are not elig
ible under the proposal.
The budget message strongly
recommended that $20,000,000 of
the present surplus be set aside as
a post-war fund, and painted a pic
ture of declining revenue during
the next biennium, particularly
from sales and income taxes.
No major changes in the state’s
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LEGISLATURE GETS
BUSY IMS. WERf .
Several Bills Introduced.
Galloway Appointed On
Important Committees
Following the appointment of
committees and the submitting of
a record budget by Gov. Brough
ton. the 1943 session of the gen
eral assembly got down to real
business yesterday.
A total of 28 bills and one res
olution were introduced, among
them being efforts to eliminate
payment of income taxes in 1943
44, to place a vocational teacher
in every high school and to ex
empt men in uniform or the mer
chant marine from poll taxes.
A bill to abolish the lethal gas
chamber and to substitute the
electric chair for executions by
the state was introduced Monday
in the senate, which also received
a measure to reduce punishment
for rape and first degree murder
from death to life imprisonment
when recommended by the jury.
Representative F. E. Wallace,
of Lenoir, was appointed chair
man of the finance committee;
Representative Clarence Stone, of
Rockingham, chairman of the ap
propriations committee; Represen
tative Pearsall, of Nash, chair
man of agriculture; Burgin, of
Henderson, chairman of counties,
cities and towns; Reynolds, of
Buncombe, chairman of educa
tion; etc.
Representative Wallace Gallo
way, of Transylvania was appoint
ed vice chairman of insurance
and a member of the appropria
tions committee, as well as other
committees, a complete list of
which were not available in time
for publication.
Holders Of B And C
Books Reminded Of
Present Gas Cut
Charles Davis, chairman of
the gasoline committee of the lo
cal ration board, this week re
minded the holders of B and C
ration books that they have al
ready been cut 25 percent when
the value of coupons was reduced
from four to three gallons.
He also explained that the
board could not increase the
number of coupons issued, “ex
cept in cases of extreme hard
ship” and then only after ap
proval by the nearest OPA state
or district rationing officer.
The local board has also re
ceived notice to start an im
mediate examination of all sup
plemental rations to make sure
these have been issued properly
and to recall and reduce such ra
tions to minimum requirements. ]
Three Thomas Boys In U. S. Service
i
Pictured above are three Transylvania lads who are doing their
part to rid the world of Hitler and his satellites. They are sons
of Ben Thomas of Lake Toxaway. Left: Watsel Thomas, 29, who
entered the service at Fort Bragg a year ago this month. He is
now stationed at Fort Bradey, Mich., and is on guard duty in
Canada. Right, Major W. Thomas, 27, who has been in the ser
vice for over two years. He is a member of a field artillery out
fit in England. He went across in July and his last letter to his
father stated that he liked the service and the country fine.
Center, John II. Thomas, 21, entered the service Jan. 23, 1941, and
is now serving in the field artillery somewhere in New Caledonia.
He went abroad last March 13 and his father last heard from him
in a letter dated Nov. 22.
President’s Birthday Ball To
Be Held Here On 29th, Other
Plans To Get Funds Given
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Chosen W.O.W. Head
. PAUL PIPKIN, an employee
of Ecusta Paper Corporation,
who last week wras installed as
Consul Commander of Balsam
Camp, W.O.W., Brevard.
WOODMAN LODGE
INSTALLS OFFICERS
Joint Meeting With Wo
man’s Circle Planned Lat
ter Part of Month
Paul Pipkin, popular pressman
in the commercial printing depart
ment at Ecusta Paper corpora
tion, was installed as consul com
mander of Balsam Camp, No. 16,
W. O. W., Wednesday evening of
last week. Mr. Pipkin has been
in the employ of the local con
cern for the past two years and
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Colored Dance To Be Held
22nd. Coin Boxes Dis
tributed To Schools
Extensive plans for raising
money in Brevard and Transyl
vania county for the infantile
paralysis fund through the cele
bration of the President’s birth
day were announced today by Er
nest McFaul and Miss Roberta
Bryant.
This is the tenth annual cam
paign for the benefit of victims of
polio and the two weeks’ program
will be climaxed on Friday night.
January 29th., when a President’s
Birthday ball will be held at the
Pierce-Moore hotel here, the ac
tive county birthday celebration j
chairmen announced.
On Friday night, January 22nd.,
an infantile paralysis dance for
the colored people will be held
here at the Burrell Motor com
pany garage in Brevard. At that
time a popularity contest will be
concluded and white people are
invited to attend as spectators.
Sponsors for the colored dance
are Fred Mills and wife, Avery
Benjamin and Mable Sharpe, all
of Brevard. Entered in the pop
ularity contest are Lucille Cole
man and Robbie Mae Outler, both
of Brevard.
Half of the proceeds from the
campaign will go to the nation
al foundation and the other half
will remain in the treasury of the
local chapter to combat infantile
paralysis in the county.
In addition to the dances, there
are several other methods by
which the committee hopes to
raise money,. Coin boxes have
been sent to most all of the
schools in the county and others
will be placed on counters in the
stores here. The Brevard girl
scouts have agreed to solicit
funds in the business district and
special parties will be held.
Miss Bryant and Mr. McFaul,
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12 Transylvania Families Moved
To F.S.A. Penderlea Homestead
Twelve Transylvania county
families have moved to the Pen
derlea Homesteads in Pender
county near Burgaw, N. C., during
the past two weeks and four more
are leaving this week, Joseph C.
McDarris, F. S. A. supervisor in
Transylvania, announces.
He also stated that 10 more
families would be ready to move
within the next week or two.
A large number of families are
being sent to this project from
Western North Carolina and two
families from Rosman who left on
December 18 were the first to
leave from this section.
This homestead reservation con
sists of 30,000 acres and to date
200 farms have been developed.
The project is a community with
in itself. In the center there is
a community store, church, mod
ern grannery, high school, hosiery
mill and an auditorium where
meetings can be held.
The farms range in size from
20 acres of. cultivated land and
pasture and woods, up to 65 acres
of cultivated land. The family can
select a farm which best suits the
needs of the family. Each farm
has a good family size house, barn,
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KIWANIS CLUB TO
SPONSOR VICTORY
PIG PROJECT HERE
Program To Be Conducted
In Cooperation With
County 4-H Clubs
(By J. A. Glazener)
The Brevard Kiwanis club, at
its meeting last week, voted to
sponsor a victory pig program in
cooperation with the 4-H club
members of the county. Although
the Kiwanis club is sponsoring
this popular and worthwhile pro
ject, the actual participation of
the members is placed on a vol
untary basis. In short it simply
means that a Kiwanian will finance
a 4-H club member to the extent
of one or two pigs and part of the
feed cost, the club member will
house, feed and give good at
tention to the pig until ready for
marketing or butchering then a
fifty-fifty division would be
made. In the case of raising breed
ing stock, the Kiwanian would re
ceive two pigs for the one fur
nished the member in the begin
ing of the project.
Detail contract agreement
blanks will be completed and
ready for Kiwanians to look over
at the next regular meeting of
the club.
What finer example of coopera
tion could be given than that of
a business man and a clean, hon
est, energetic boy or girl out
here in the country trying to
learn by doing and in the mean
time trying to honestly earn a
few extra dollars, a portion of
which would be invested in war
stamps. It will also show through
cooperation how meat can be
placed on our own tables as well
as providing our boys in the arm
ed forces.
COLTRANE SPOKE
AT P-TA MEETING
Stressed Need For Educa
tion In Wartime. Third
Grade Gives Program
The need for continuing educa
eation in wartime was stressed by
Dr. E. J. Coltrane in an address
to the Brevard Parent-Teachers
association here Tuesday after
noon.
He admitted that the war is
having its effect upon the educa
tional institutions, but urged that
there should be no educational
“blackout.” The war committee
was in charge of the program.
Rev. W. A. Jenkins, pastor of
the Brevard Methodist church, led
the devotional exercises.
An interesting program was ren
dered by members of the third
grade under the direction of their
teacher, Mrs. Melvin Gillespie.
Mrs. Tilson gave a report on the
sale of Christmas seals in the
schools. She explained, however,
that the report was not complete.
Attendance was good in spite of
restriction on travel. Mrs. Lester
Martin, president, presided.
VESTRYMENARE
CHOSEN FOR ’43
Officers Are Elected Also
By Congregation Of St.
Philip’s Church
Vestrymen and officers for
1943 were elected by the con
gregation of St. Philip’s church
immediately after services last
Sunday morning.
Vestrymen chosen were: Dr.
Otis Marshall, Mrs. Samuel Bul
lock, Dr. Harry Bobst, Mrs. F. P.
Sledge, John Reese Sledge, Har
old V. Smedberg and Mrs. John
Verner. The first regular meet
ing of the new vestry will be held
next Friday evening at 8 o’clock
at the rector’s residence.
Officers selected were: Harold
V. Smedberg, senior warden; Dr.
Harry Bobst, junior warden; Mrs.
Harry Bobst, treasurer; Mrs. John
Verner, secretary.
TO SPEAK
Dr. F. M. Royall will speak at
the Zion Baptist church here Sun
day morning and in the evening
at 7:30 o’clock. The topic of the
morning service is “The Judg
ment, and Who Will be the
Judge.”
Motorists Here Co-operating
With OPA Ban On Pleasure
Driving; Only Few Reported
Took Christmas Swim
Swimming on Christmas day
would not be an enjoyable di
version in Western North Caro
lina, but Gould E. Tinsley, 22
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
O. Tinsley of Brevard, Route 1,
writes his parents that he took a
refreshing plunge in the waters
of New Caledonia on that day.
Young Tinsley, who is in the
army medical corps, has been in
the service for about two years.
For the past nine months he has
been stationed on the south
Pacific island. He wrote that he
and his buddies had a fine
Christmas dinner, but he would
have much preferred to be at
home.
$120 WORTH OF
WAR STAMPS SOLD
AT BINGO PARTIES
Non-Profit Program Spon
sored By Jaycees For En
tertainment, War Effort
A total of $120.00 worth of war
stamps have been sold as a re
sult of the bingo parties sponsor
ed here on Friday nights , by the
Jaycees, Secretary L. W. Bonnell
announces.
In making the announcement, he
also stressed the fact that the
parties are sponsored without prof
it to provide wholesome enter
tainment and to promote the sale
of bonds and stamps. Permission
for holding the bingo parties was
given by the board of aldermen.
The Jaycees were in charge
of the first two parties and the
Legion post had charge last Fri
day night. The Kiwanis club will
conduct the games tomorrow night.
Mr. Bonnell stated that the
Jaycees’ net proceeds to date
total $11.26 and that after de
ducting expenses the chamber
had a balance of $5.75 to pay for
lights and to apply on the pur
chase of a war bond to be given
away. Use of the building here
is also being donated by Charlie
Pickelsimer. Orders for war bonds
are also taken at the bingo par
ties.
Amusement Places Feel Ef
fect Of New Regulation.
Will Be Enforced
LOCAL OFFICERS HELP
Realizing that their ration books
may be revoked, the motorists of
Brevard and Transylvania are
co-operating splendidly with the
OPA regulation against pleasure
driving, local officers state.
Since the ban on driving for
fun became effective last Thurs
day at noon, only a small number
of violations have been reported.
The OPA requested town, coun
ty and state patrolmen to co-op
erate with official OPA inspec
tors in enforcing the regulation
which was made necessary by the
acute gasoline shortage in the
eastern states.
Hardest hit by the new regula
tion are the theatres, bowling al
leys and roadhouses. Managers of
the local theatres announce that
their attendance has been cut and
last Sunday, as well as at nights,
few cars were seen here in town.
Enforcement of the regulation
is as follows:
OPA inspectors have the au
thority to impound ration books
and turn them over to local war
price and rationing boards for
hearings.
Local officers do not have au
thority to impound the books, but
they are to report the names of
violators to OPA offices and in
turn, these offices will send this
information to local boards. The
local boards will then call the
violators in for a hearing.
All officers have been asked to
make a careful check on all cars
and to report them in event of
violation. No hearings have been
held here yet by the gasoline com
mittee, of which Charles W. Dav
is is chairman.
The official regulation is as
follows:
1. Passenger automobiles in gas
oline shortage area may be used
only for occupational and family
or personal necessity driving.
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Savings And Loan
Association Here
Enjoyed Good Year
The fourth annual statement
of the Brevard Federal Savings
and Loan association, appearing
in this issue of The Times, shows
that this organization has enjoy
ed a successful year.
First mortgage loans, despite
restrictions on building of many
kinds, increased by more than
$2,700. Cash in bank increased
from $3,442.54 to $5,451.04. As
sets increased $10,129.85 during
the year.
Members share accounts increas
ed by $26,874.61 during the year
and advances from the Federal
Home Loan Bank declined from
$25,000 to $5,000. Undivided prof
its showed a gain of $4,479.47.
Joseph S. Silversteen is presi
dent of the association and Jerry
Jerome is secretary-treasurer in
active charge of its operations.
The annual meeting of members
will be held on Wednesday, Jan
uary 20th.
Grades For Hotels, Cafes, Lunch
Rooms And Markets Announced
Grades awarded semi-annually
to hotels, restaurants, drug store
lunch rooms, school lunch rooms
and markets have just been re
leased by the Transylvania County
Health department.
“The department,” says Dr. C.
M. Sisk, district health officer, “is
guided in inspecting and rating
public eating places by rules and
regulations made by the North
Carolina State Board of Health.”
These requirements relate not
only to measures and facilities re
quired to keep food in a whole
some condition, but deal also with
other factors such as the type of
building utilized, toilet facilities,
water supply, care and treatment
of dishes and health of employees.
“In recent years,” Dr. Sisk con
tinued,” the federal government
has been taking a great interest
in the provision of lunches in
schools.” He pointed out, how
ever, that the majority of school
buildings were not designed for
the inclusion of a cafeteria, which
makes- proper arrangement diffi
cult. Dr. Sisk stated that the
managers of school lunch rooms
as a whole are capable and keep
them in excellent condition al
though such persons are generally
handicapped in complying with
sanitary rules applicable to public
eating places.
W. F. Hart, sanitarian of the
county health department, makes
regular inspection of public food
handling and lodging places to as
sure that they conform to the
state board’s requirements. These
inspections are made and the rat
ings determined twice a year.
The following grades were
awarded Transylvania county
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MEETING WILL BE
HELD IN COUNTY
AGENT’S OFFICE
Local Organizations And
Industries Invited To At
tend. AAA To Meet
TO CANVASS COUNTY
A drive to get every farm and
every urban family in Brevard
and Transylvania county to raise
a Victory Garden in 1943 will be
launched here Saturday morning
at a meeting to be held in the
farm agent’s office, Julian Glaze
ner, county agent, announces.
In addition to members of the
county agricultural workers’ coun
cil, representatives from civic
clubs, organizations and indus
tries have been invited to attend
the meeting. These include Lions
and Kiwanis clubs, Women’s Civic
club, chambers of commerce, bank,
welfare department, county com
missioners, 4-H clubs, home dem
onstrations, Legion post, Bre
vard college and all other organ
izations and persons interested.
“Victory gardens were grown
by most farmers in 1942, but in
1943 Victory gardens must be
grown by “all” farm families if
they expect to eat vegetables and
fruits,” Mr. Glazener stated.
“And what’s more,” Dean Schaub
stated, “every city and town fam
ily who has available land should
plan to grow a garden of some
sort in 1943. It may not be pos
sible to have a full Victory gar
den, but a great many urban fam
ilies can find the space for a few
tomato plants and a planting of
green, leafy vegetables.”
Besides families, we want to
get clubs to raise gardens, Mr.
Glazener said. “We need to start
planning early and we want in
dustry to encourage every em
ployee to raise a garden,” he
said.
tio tilled attention to the fact
that the WPB has ordered nearly
one half of the commercially-can
ned fruits, vegetables and juices
reserved for the armed forces.
Meats will also be scarce and
should and must be raised.
All farm homes will bo con
tacted and urged to raise Victory
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RICKERS WIN ’43
1ST BABY CONTEST
Son Was Bom On January
1. Parents And Child To
Receive Gifts
Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Ricker, of
Rosman, are the winners of The
Times 1943 baby derby, it was an
nounced today.
A son, Carl H. Ricker, Jr., was
born at 2:40 P. M. on January 1.
Dr. R. L. Stokes was the attend
ing physician. Both the mother
and son are getting along nicely.
The father works for the Toxaway
Tannery.
To the parents and baby go sev
eral attractive gifts. These are a
knitted baby sweater given by Pat
tersons; baby blanket, Belks; bed
i side lamp by Abercrombie Fumi
| ture Co.; box of nursery necessi
ties, Long’s Drug store; photo by
Austin’s Studio; 2 theatre tickets
by Co-Ed and Clemson theatres;
f solid gold ring by Parsons’ Jew
elry, quart of milk for 2 weeks by
Transylvania Dairies and a year’s
subscription to The Times.
Honorable mention in the baby
derby goes to Mr. and Mrs. Otis
N. Siniard and baby son, of North.
Brevard. The lad was born on
January 5. The Siniards already
had four daughters and this was
their first son.
County Hardest Hit
By Forest Fires In
,1942, Report Says
Transylvania was the hardest
hit by forest fires in 1943 of any
county in Western North Caro
lina, a report issued this week
by W. J. Clark, district forester,
reveals. _
A total of 48 fires burned over
12,832 acres, valued at $28,704,
he stated.
The report showed that in
1942 fires burned over 46,366
acres of land in 11 counties and
the damage amounted to $133,
420, which was more than in
1941.
The number of fires, however,
dropped, and April was the
worst month.