The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53: No. 3
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Victory Book Drive Is Started
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Movement Inaugurated To Establish Inter-Urban Bus Service In County
OWNERS OF SIX
BUSES WILLING
TO COOPERATE
Plans Made By Chamber Of
Commerce. To Discuss
Proposed Bus Lines
NEED IS GREAT NOW
Following an editorial sugges
tion in this paper last week, plans
are now being made under the
sponsorship of the Brevard cham
ber of commerce to establish an
inter-urban bus system in Tran
sylvania county.
At a meeting of chamber direc
tors last week, the owners of
buses that haul Ecusta employees
said their buses are idle a good
deal of the time and that they
would be glad to use them for reg
ular scheduled operations from
Rosman to Pisgah Forest and per
haps in other directions.
A committee was appointed to
investigate the possibility of es
tablishing the proposed system.
Members of the committee have
agreed that the best procedure is
to w'ork out a tentative schedule,
see the owners of the bus fran
chises and, if possible, obtain a
permit from them to operate and
then apply to the state utility com
mission.
It is believed that the chances
for getting the service installed
are good since the buses are al
ready in operation here on priv
ate contracts and since the de
mand is great as a result of the
gasoline restrictions.
Buck McCall owns three of the
buses and A. M. Paxton, Jr., and
Austin Ilogsed also own three,
which should be a sufficient num
ber to serve the inter-urban
needs of the county from 6 o’clock
in the morning until 11 o’clock at
night.
WATERS ELECTED
BANK DIRECTOR
Native Of Brevard Is Mak-i
ing Outstanding Record {
In Lockport, N. Y.
James S. Waters, of Lockport.
N. Y., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Waters, of Brevard, has been
elected director of the Lockport
Exchange Trust company of New
York at the recent annual meet-j
ing of the directors.
Mr. Waters is junior partner in
the firm of George M. Pope and
James S. Waters, doing business
as the Niagara Chlorine Products
company. He has been associated
with the chemical business since
leaving Brevard, and was located
at Niagara Falls two years before
moving to Lockport in 1930.
Mr. Waters has been prominent
in business and civic circles dur
ing his residence in Lockport. He
is vice president of the Lockport
Town and Country club, and a
member of the Rotary and Tus
carora clubs, Niagara Lodge,.
Lodge of Masons, the Shriners,
the Niagara Falls Country club
and the Chemists’ club of New
York.
He is a native of Brevard and
was educated at Brevard high
school and Brevard Institute. He
is married and has one daughter,
Willie Kate Waters.
Julian Glazener
Spoke To Jaycees
The great need for the Victory
garden program in 1943 was stress
ed by County Agent Julian Glaze
ner in an address before the
Brevard Junior Chamber of com
merce here Tuesday night.
Members of the Jaycees had
agreed to co-operate in conducting
a garden survey in Brevard and
Mr. Glazener highly praised the
progressive young organization
for this offer of support.
During the business session
Lloyd Hughes, business manager
of Brevard College, was elected
secretary to succeed L. W. Bon
nell who resigned. Two new mem
bers, Assistant Farm Agent Gash
and James Wallace, were wel
comed into the club.
County’s Infantile Paralysis
Quota Is $360; Response Said
To Be Good; Dance Fri. Night
Sponsors For Birthday Ball
Announced. Mrs. Silver
steen Vice Chairman
The drive to raise the county’s
infantile paralysis quota of $360
through an extensive observance
of the President’s birthday is now
under way and good progress is
being made, Co-Chairmen Ernest
McFaul and Miss Roberta Bry
ant announce.
They stated that the response
to the march of dimes program is
fine and urged every one to drop
money in the coin boxes that
are in the schools and in various
local stores.
The active co-chairmen empha
sized the fact that one-half of the
funds raised remain here in the
county to provide treatment for
victims of polio and that the other
half goes to the national founda
tion which is endeavoring to dis
cover a sure cure for the dread
ed disease
l
Highlighting the observance
program this week will be the in
fantile paralysis colored dance, to
be given at the Burrell Motor
company garage Friday night.
The following Friday night a
President’s Ball will be staged at
the Pierce-Moore hotel here with
Mrs. Charles Glass’ five-piece or
chestra from Asheville furnishing
the music.
Sponsors of this ball include:
Mr. and Mrs. Denton Anderson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Kizer, Dr. and Mrs.
Fred Holt, Mr. and Mrs. John
Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Col
web, Mrs. Hollis Fort, Jr., Dr.
and Mrs. C. J. Goodwin, Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Tilson, Miss Annie May
Patton and Mr. and Mrs. Ed M.
Anderson.
It was also announced this week
that Mrs. J. S. Silversteen has been
appointed vice chairman of the
Transylvania county infantile pa
ralysis chapter. Dr. Lynch is
chairman.
Girl Scout Council
Met Tuesday Night
At a meeting of the Brevard
girl scout council, held at the
home of Mrs. Keith Pooser Tues
day night, plans were discussed
for conducting membership and
financial drives in the near fu
ture.
It was pointed out that in con
nection with girl scout member
ship campaign, it is also impera
tve to secure more adult leaders.
At the future meeting, members
of the council will make a
thorough study of the scout hand
book.
It was voted for the girl scouts
to co-operate in the Victory Book
campaign.
RETURNS FROM GEORGIA
Rev. and Mrs. E. Ashby John
son spent last week in Macon, Ga.,
where Mr. Johnson performed a
wedding, and also in Columbus,
Ga. They returned to Brevard
Monday night.
Replaces Henderson
Nominated by President
Roosevelt to take the place of
Leon Henderson, O.P.A. direc
tor, is Prentiss Brown, former
senator from Michigan. He is
known as a W?’ New Dealer.
The Senate has confirmed the
appointment.— (Central Press)
COUNTY MAY GET
EXTRA TIRE AND
RECAP AWARDS
Request Is Made By Local
Rationing Board. Warn
ing Is Issued
All persons who now have ap
plications on file in the local ra
tioning board office f r recap tires
may receve certficates in the near
iuture, according to information
received a few days ago from
headquarters, Henry Carrier, act
ing chairman, states.
“The district office has asked
us to send them the total number
of applications we have on hand
now and we have requested extra
allotments,” he said.
At the present time the board
has 130 applications for recaps on
file, 73 applications for No. 3
passenger tires and a good many
for one and two grade tires.
A large number of passenger
and truck applications have been
approved this month and it is be
lieved that the extra allotment
may be granted in order to pro
tect the casings of essential users.
In filing applications, Mr. Car
rier urged every one to be sure
and show the correct size of tire
or tires desired. He also issued a
caution to motorists about viola
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AAA Community Committeemen Are
Now Making A County Farm Survey
A thorough survey to deter
mine the ability of the farmers of
Transylvania county to meet the
quota assigned them under the
1943 war production program pro
jected by the department of agri
culture is now under way. It is
being conducted by the county
AAA committee, of which T. J.
Wilson of Pisgah Forest, is the
chairman, and community mem
bers of the AAA.
At a meeting held in the county
agent’s office Monday, which con
sumed most of the day, the sur
vey was discussed in detail-and all
the necessary blanks on which to
compile data were issued. Mr.
Wilson presided at the meeting
and County Agent J. A. Glazener
discussed goals and the import
ance of contacting all farmers.
The survey is to be completed
by February 1.
The county committee engaged
in this effort consists of: Mr. Wil
son of Pisgah Forest, chairman;
James W. Dickson, Brevard; Rich
ard McCall, Balsam Grove; W. D.
Deaver, Brevard, first alternate;
J. W. Powell, Rosman, second al
ternate.
The community committees are
comprised of the following:
Boyd Community—L. F. Lyday,
Brevard; Sam Orr, Brevard; An
drew Boggs, Brevard.
Little River—E. W. Medford,
Pisgah Forest; Frank Shuford,
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HARRY H. STRAUS
IS RE-ELECTED AS
HOSPITAL HEAD
Annual Meeting Of Board
Of Trustees Held Tues.
Ramsey Vice-Chmn.
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Harry H. Straus, president of
the Ecusta Paper corporation, |
was re-elected chairman of the
board of trustees of the Transyl
vania community hospital at an
annual meeting held Tuesday.
Ralph Ramsey, prominent Bre
vard attorney, was re-elected vice
chairman; William Jordan, assist
ant to Mr. Straus, was re-elected
secretary and Miss Myrtice Dil
lard was re-named treasurer and
superintendent.
A report of the finance com
mittee showed that during the
past year the hospital operating
expenses have ail been paid and
that the institution’s indebtedness
has been reduced. A budget, pro
viding for the expenditure of
$12,000 in 1943, was tentatively
approved and adopted.
Other members of the board of
trustees in addition to the of
ficers are Willis Brittain, Lewis
Hamlin, J. A. Glazener, A. H. Har
ris, R. F. Bennett and Rev. Har
ry Perry.
Four of the members on the
board were appointed by a for
mer board and the others repre
sent the town, county and agencies.
At a meeting of the chamber of
commerce last week, Mr. Bennett,
general superintendent of Ecusta
Paper corporation, was elected
to the board from that group.
TEST THEO ROSE
FOR MINISTRY
Tavelers Rest Baptist
Church Has Called Oak
land, N. C. Man
Thco Rose of Oakland, will be
examined for the Baptist ministry
at a meeting to be held for the
purpose on Friday night, January
22, at 6:30 o’clock at the Second
Baptist Church in Brevard, Rev.
S. F. McAuley, pastor, has an
nounced. The advisory committee
of the Transylvania Baptist As
sociation is requested to meet
with others on this occasion. At
7:30 the congregation will as
semble and the pastor will preach
the sermon. Other speakers will
also be heard.
Mr. Rose and his wife have been
doing a notable work, Mr. McAu
ley Stated, in the Boheney section
through Sunday School, prayer
meetings and visiting. Through
their exertions the Travelers
Rest Baptist church has been re
vived after being dormant for
a long time. Regular services are
being held in the school building
until a church building can be
erected.
The Baptist congregation at
Travelers Rest has called Mr. Rose
as pastor and has requested the
Second Baptist church of Bre
vard, of which he is a member,
to ordain him in order that he
may accept. In the event this is
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Plan To Launch A
Renewed Salvage
Campaign In Town
Plans for conducting renewed
scrap metal campaigns in the
county were discussed at a meet
ing of the salvage committee Tues
day afternoon.
Chairman Howard Wyatt explain
ed a tentative Boy Scout drive
which will be taken up with the
local Scout leaders within a few
days.
• He also pointed out that the
industrial salvage chairman, Paul
Smathers, is making plans to get
committees appointed in every in
dustrial plant in the county to
stimulate the flow of scrap from
industry.
This is one of the units of the
salvage committee and the coun
ty committee agreed to work in
close co-operation with the indus
trial division and Chairman Smath
ers.
Another Jap Bit Dust In New Guinea
Here’s a little son of Hirohito after an allied bullet found its
mark during the intense fighting around Gona Village in New
Guinea. Note the bullet-riddled palms that surround the Jap, one
of many killed in the battle in this area. (Central Press)
Representative Galloway May
Introduce Special Tax Levy
Bill; Seeks Publics Advice
WORK OF DEPUTY
TAX COLLECTOR
MORE EXTENSIVE
S. E. Varner’s Territory Is
Cut Down. Gravely Goes
To Elizabeth City
With the addition of the Vic
tory tax. a large number of spec
ial taxes and the greatly increased
number of persons who will be re
quired to file income tax returns
this year, the work of a U. S.
deputy revenue collector has been
about tripled.
As a result, the number of
deputy collectors in North Caro
lina is being increased from ap
proximately 30 to over 100, it is
announced.
S. E. Varner, of Brevard, has
been serving seven counties, but
his territory has now been divid
ed into three districts and two
additional collectoi’s have been
added.
In the future Mr. Varner will
serve Transylvania, Henderson and
Polk counties, it is announced.
Within the next few days he will
announce a revised schedule of
office hours for the local office.
One of the new collectors, Dew
ey Gravely, of Brevard, has been
assigned to a territory with head
quarters in Elizabeth City. He is
now taking training under Mr.
Varner.
In discussing the Victory tax,
Mr. Varner explained that every
person except farmers, who have
an income of over $12 per week or
over $624 per year, will have to
pay Victory tax. Owners whose in
come is figured on an annual basis
will have to file the Victory re
turn the same time they do the
income tax return, it is stated.
Income tax returns must be
filed not later than March 15 and
at the same time at least one
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Measure Would Enable
Commissioners To Make
4-Purpose Levy
Representative Wallace Gallo
way is now giving serious con
sideration to introducing a local
bill Vn ti * general assembly to
“authorize the county commission
ers of Transylvania to levy spec
ial taxes for the expenses of the
offices of county accountant,
county farm agent, county demon
stration agent and for the ex
penses of forest fire protection,”
but before introducing the meas
ure Mr. Galloway, in an open
forum message to Times readers
received yesterday afternoon, stat
ed that he would like to get the
public’s reaction first.
“As yet I have introduced no
local bills, but have talked with
members of the Local Government
Commission relative to the pas
sage of a bill, copy of which is en
closed, providing for authorizaton
of special tax levies,” as stated
above. Mr. Galloway explained
that “these are items which should
i never have been included in the
county general fund, but, unfor
tunately, no provision has ever
been made to take care of them
from any other fund. The fifteen
percent constitutional limit to
the General fund levy produced
sufficient funds for everything
until a few years ago, when all of
our county officers were placed
on a salary basis at a figure some
what higher than the fees collect
! ed by the several officers would
j take care of, and since that time
every board of County Commis
sioners has had to squirm and
twist to make ‘buckle and tongue
meet,’ especially in more recent
years since these positions named
above have been established. I
have been assured that the levy
ing of a special tax for the, above
purposes will in no way, increase
the present tax rate, since, under
the terms of the re-financed coun
ty indebtedness, the ‘debt ser
vice’ fund may be reduced in an
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Plans Made For A Victory Garden
On Every Vacant Lot In Brevard
With the view of having a Vic
tory garden on every vacant lot
in Brevard, four local civic organ
izations will conduct a survey of
the town next Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, it was announc
ed today.
The four organizations—the Jay
cees, Kiwanis, Lions and Women’s
Civic club — have divided the
town into four zones and their
survey will include the following
information: number of vacant
lots, size of the lots, names of
owners; names of families who
want a Victory garden in 1943
but who do not have any land,
approximate rental costs of lots,
materials needed and so on.
A steering committee from
these organizations, together with
agricultural leaders, will follow
up on the project.
All of the industries in the
county have agreed to encourage
their employees to raise a Vic
tory garden and throughout the
county neighborhood leaders will
contact all farm families, County
Agent Julian Glazener announces.
Plans for conducting the sur
vey were discussed at a meeting
held in the F. S. A. office here
Tuesday night.
PUBLIC IS ASKED
TO GIVE QUALITY
BOOKS THIS TIME
2 Collection Centers Here
Mrs. John Smith Chair
man. Drive Ends Soon
CIVIC CLUB HELPING
The 1943 Victory Book cam
paign to obtain timely and in
teresting books to be sent to army
and navy centers in North and
South Carolina is now in progress
in Transylvania county, under the
sponsorship of The Asheville Citi
zen-Times, The Transylvania Times
and the Brevard Women’s Civic
club.
Mrs. John W. Smith is chairman
of the county’s Victory Book com
mittee and Miss Daisy Norton
and Miss Annie Jean Gash are
assistant chairmen.
There are two collection depots
in the county, the public library
and The Times office in Brevard.
Civic clubs, schools, churches,
societies, social groups and or
ganizations of all kinds, as well
as individuals, are invited and
urged to participate in the drive
by contributing good books.
The campaign will last until Sat
urday night, January 30th, and is
part of a national drive sponsored
by the American Red Cross, the
American library association and
the USO.
For the convenience of the
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MANY APPLY FOR
GASOLlh'c RATION
Attention Is Again Called To
Fact That B And C Hold
ers Already Cut 25%
After an extremely busy session
Monday, Charles Davis, chairman
of the Transylvania county gaso
line rationing committee, again
emphasized the fact that motor
ists with B and C books have
already been cut 25 percent be
cause of the decrease in value of
coupons from four to three gal
lons and said that the board can
not increase the number of cou
pons issued on renewals “except
in cases of extreme hardship” and
then only after approval has been
given by the nearest OPA dis
trict office.
He stated that a large number
of persons appeared before the
board relative to the renewal of
their ration books and that many
of them did not realize that a 25
percent cut had been effected.
“As a whole, the people of the
county are very reasonable in
their requests,” he declared.
“When the situation is explained
they frequently say, “we’ll make
it do.”
As yet the gasoline committee
has not held any official hear
ings for alleged violators of the
pleasure driving regulation. When
the committee receives reports,
notices are sent to the alleged vio
lators to appear before the com
mittee and the hearings are public.
A check up reveals that motor
ists are co-operating splendidly
with the regulation.
Hardin Resigns As
Editor Of Clarion
Miss Mary Alice Hardin, a sen
ior at Brevard College and editor
of the college newspaper, The
Clarion, has accepted a position
in Washington, D, C., in the cler
ical department of the F. B. I.
Miss Hardin is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Carl Hardin, and
plans to go to Washington at the
end of this semester.
At a meeting of the student
body Tuesday, James K. Sanford,
Jr., of Greensboro, was unanimous
ly elected to succeed Miss Hardin
as editor of The Clarion.
Other vacancies on The Clarion
staff caused by the mid-winter
graduation were filled at a meet
ing of students Tuesday. Ethel
Tankersley, of Brevard, was elect
ed business manager, succeeding
Garland Smith, and Jessie Potts,
of Highlands, was elected associate
editor.