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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53: No. 4
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1943
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BUS SERVICE WILL START FEB. 5TH
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Plans To Defeat Axis Nations Formed At Historic Conference In Africa
PRESIDENT AND
CHURCHILL MEET
AND MAP PLANS
“Unconditional Surrender”
Sought. French Political
Problem Solved
In what is said to be the clos
est guarded military secret in the
history of any nation was the 10
day conference held at Casablan
ca, French Morocco, North Africa,
with the main participants being
leaders of the world's two great
est nations, President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Winston
Churchill.
Defying every tradition and in
the most unprecedented and mo
mentous meeting, President Roose
velt and Prime Minister Churchill,
reached “complete agreement” on
war plans for 1943, as the world
was officially notified by an inter
national broadcast on Tuesday
night. The war plans, as adopt
ed, were to force “unconditional
surrender” of the Axis powers, it
was announced.
Practically the entire war
staffs of both nations participated
in the allied conference, which
came to an end on Sunday, togeth
er with a press conference before
a group of war correspondents
flown secretly from allied head
quarters halfway across North
Africa.
The president of the United
States flew across 5,000 miles of
the Atlantic ocean for the 10-day
conference with Churchill, which
resulted in bringing together for
the first time the two French
leaders, General DeGaulle and
General Giraud for the purpose of
negotiating for a united French
movement designed to put French
armies and a navy and air force
again into action against the Axis.
Maximum material aid to Russia
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i LEGISLATIVE
j HIGHLIGHTS
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By M. W. GALLOWAY
Transylvania Representative
(Special To The Times)
RALEIGH. Jan. 25—As is usual,
the majority of the members of
both branches of the legislature
went home over the week-end and
we meet tonight, (Monday), at
eight o'clock for the session which
should have been held today.
When the vote is taken on Satur
day to adjourn over until 8:00
Monday night, several of us who
live so far away we can't go home,
vote NO in a loud and boistrous
manner. They seem to pay us no
attention.
The bill to pay State employees
what has been termed a “war
bonus” seems more in the spot
light just now than any other bill.
Next in order might well be the
nine months school bill. Both
will probably have to wait until the
Appropriations committee has fin
ished hearings on the many de
mands for increased appropria
tions before definite action may be
had on them.
One other matter, small com
pared with either of the above, is
a very urgent request by the
Highway Commission that the
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Rosman Boys Walk
Miles To Attend A
Movie Here Sunday
The ban on pleasure driving
and the lack of adequate in
ter-urban transportation facil
ities in Transylvania county did
not prevent five Rosman boys
from attending a movie in Bre
vard last Sunday night.
The boys decided they wanted
to see the show and so they
walked—yes, walked 9 miles
and it took them 2 hours and
25 minutes to make the trip.
“It was lots of fun and we got
good practice for army train
ing,” one of them said.
The five boys were A. M.
Paxton, Jr., Claud Stroup, Aus
tin Hogsed, L. C. Hall and Scott
Galloway.
Chairmen Of Infantile Paralysis Drive
Miss Roberta Bryant, left, and Ernest McFaul, right, expressed
assurance today that the Transylvania county paralysis quota of
$360.00 would be reached by Saturday night. These two well known
Brevard persons have made an outstanding record during the past
three years as directors of the President’s Birthday celebration
in the county.
County's Infantile Paralysis
Quota Of $360 Be Reached
By Sat.. Chairmen Believe
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President’s Ball To Be Held
Friday ^ight And March
Of Dimes Saturday
With the President’s Ball Fri
day night and the March of Dimes
parade here Saturday climaxing
the two weeks infantile paralysis
campaign through the celebra
tion of the President’s birthday,
Chairmen Ernest McFaul and
Miss Roberta Bryant today ex
pressed assurance that Transyl
vania would raise its quota of
$360 by Saturday night, when the
drive closes.
Despite the ban on pleasure
driving, attendance at the dance
here at the Pierce-Moore hotel,
via walking, is expected to be
good. All tables have been re
served for the occasion.
Saturday the girl scouts and
the high school girls will conduct
an intensive March of Dimes cam
paign on the streets and in the
stores here.
All coin boxes will be collected
Sunday and the money counted.
A series of bridge parties are
being held in town for the bene
fit of the found. Parties have been
held already by Mrs. Ralph Fish
er, Mrs. Walter Straus and Mrs.
Stella Reed.
At the colored dance held here
in the Burrell Motor company
garage last Friday night, a total of
$101 were cleared, Mr. McFaul
said. To date the clubs have con
tributed around $50.
WPA W!LL STOP
HAULING SCRAP,
OTHERS NEEDED
Special Arrangement For
Individual Haulers To Get
Gas Can Be Made
Effective next Monday t h e
WPA will discontinue operation
in this county and all over the
state its scrap hauling project and
all junk dealers and peddlers with
trucks are urged to collect and
haul the scrap in the future, j
James B. Vogler. state salvage di
rector, announces. This action is
being taken because the WPA has
been ordered out of existence.
For this purpose, arrangements
have been made with the ODT to
supply the scrap haulers who use
their trucks exclusively for the
collection of scrap material with
gasoline and tire rationing priv
ileges.
Special blanks have been sent to
County Chairman Howard Wyatt
and all persons who are interested
in hauling are urged to get in
touch with him and he will make
necessary arrangements.
Last week the WPA trucks haul
ed a total of 47,540 pounds of
scrap out of this county. This
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Victory Book Campaign Closes Onj
Saturday Afternoon, More Needed
With only three more days left
for the public to contribute good
books to men in service through
the 1943 Victory Book campaign,
Mrs. John W. Smith and other
members of the Transylvania
committee today urged every per
son in Brevard and the county to
give a book.
“In all of its war program
drives in the past, our county has
made outstanding records and in
this important Victory Book cam
paign we want to more than do
our part,” Mrs. Smith said.
The drive closes Saturday after
noon and the books will be collect
ed the first of the week by Ashe
ville Citizen-Times trucks, car
ried to Asheville and assorted
and sent to army and navy cen
ters in the Carolinas.
Mrs. Smith announces that to
date around 200 books have been
contributed.
The public library and The
Times office are collection centers
here. The library is open from 10
until 12:30 in the mornings and
from 2 to 5:30 in the afternoons.
The local girl scouts have an
nounced that persons who have
books to contribute and who are
unable to send them to the library,
to call Mrs. Alex Kizer and a scout
will pick up the book or books.
In the drive, good books are
wanted. Of the 200 that have been
received, a large percentage of
them are recent editions, and in
clude all kinds of books.
Of the fiction group here are
some of the books that have been
turned in: “In The Deep South,”
by Childers; “Magnificent Obses
sion” by Douglas; “The Dark
House” by Deeping; “Not For the
Meek,” by Kaup; “This Side of
Glory” by Bristow, etc. Other vol
umes include books by Zane Grey,
Peter B. Kyne, Phillips Oppen
heimer, biographies, selected short
stories, and mysteries.
18 GET DIPLOMAS
AT EXERCISES AT
COLLEGE TUESDAY
Ralph Ramsey Delivered
Commencement Address.
Honor Students Listed
“Success is not in having, but
it lies in being and doing,” Ralph
Ramsey, prominent Brevard at
torney and a member of the state
school commission, told the 18
members of the mid-winter grad
uating class of Brevard College
at exercises Tuesday morning.
“We can’t fix our lives on pos
sessions and things and remain
happy because possessions, even
human, die and things change,”
he said.
Emphasizing the fact that the
whole world is aflame today and
that young men and women are
graduating now at a time when
mankind’s soul is being tried, Mr.
Ramsey said he could not predict
what the future would hold.
World To Be Different
“But I do know we are going to
win and that the future world will
be an entirely different one from
the present world in which we
are living,” he stated.
“In time of, war or peace, in
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Farm Credit Ass’n.
Will Hold Meetings
Meetings will be held at four
places in the county during Feb
ruary to inform the people with
reference to the nature and activ
ities of the Farm Production
Credit Association, County Agent
J. A. Glazener said yesterday. Two
of these meetings will be held in
Brevard and one in Little River,
Penrose and Rosman.
At a meeting of the Asheville
unit of the association held on
January 9, advisory and educa
tional committees were set up in
the 16 counties served by the
Asheville office. On the local
committee Mr. Glazener, Charles
Davis and Frank King were plac
ed. This group held a meeting
Monday night at Mr. Davis’ home.
W. II. Overall, secretary-treasurer
of the Asheville unit, and J. C.
Jackson educational director from
the Columbia, S. C. office were
present. Methods of informing
the people about the operations
of the credit organization were
discussed and the community
meetings were decided upon. At
these meetings there will be talks
by persons well informed on the
subject and moving pictures of
farm operations financed through
the farm credit organization.
Woodmen To Conduct
Rosman Garden Survey
County Agent J. A. Glazener
Tuesday night addressed the
W.O.W. camp at Rosman on the
Victory Gardens undertaking and
other phases of the coordinated
food program. The camp agreed
to make a survey of the town of
Rosman and a committee is being
set up in the industries there to
gather data and formulate a plan
to participate in the county-wide
movement.
Rationing Dates
SUGAR
Stamp No. 10 good for three
pounds through January 31.
Stamp No. 11 valid for three
pounds for the period of Febru
ary 1-March 15.
COFFEE
Stamp No. 28 good for one
pound until February 8.
FUEL OIL
Period 3 coupons good for
nine gallons and valid through
February 5. No. 4 valid January
30 to April 6.
GASOLINE
Coupon No. 4 good through
March 21. Temporary T. cou
pons will be issued directly un
til February 1, thereafter by
local ODT offices only to hold
ers of ODT certificates of war
necessity. This deadline has
been deferred indefinitely for
operators who have applied for
certificates but have not receiv
ed them, and those who can
show that an appeal from the
certificate mileage is pending.
Transylvania Man In Navy Air Corps
Julian F. Bird, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Gillespie, of Brevard,
who has been in the Navy for the past 14 years, is now an avia
tion chief machinist mate and is a member of a patrol squadron
on one of the U. S. Carriers somewhere in the Atlantic. He has
been stationed in nearly all of the Navy’s air corps units in the
United States and several foreign countries. Some time ago a
ship that he was on helped evacuate the Americans and many
prominent people out of Lisbon, Portugal at the beginning of the
war.
The Times Wins ATrophy In
General Excellence Contest
Sponsored By State Press
SECOND SEMESTER
WORK AT BREVARD
COLLEGE STARTED
Enrollment Is Over 200.
More C.P.T. Students Ex
pected. New Courses
Second semester registration
was held at Brevard College Mon
day and Tuesday morning and
classes are now underway, Dr.
Burt Loomis, dean of the college
announces.
Over 175 students, 10 new ones,
registered the first of the week
and at least 50 more are expected
to return and register by Satur
day morning.
Within the next two weeks, 20
new C. P. T. students will ar
rive, Dr. Loomis said.
Several new war-time courses
for men and women are being of
fered. New laboratory technic
and dietetics courses are being of
fered to women and courses in
electricity and aviation to men.
“We plan to add other new
courses to our special war-time
program as the need for them
arises,” he said.
Dr. Loomis said he was pleased
yvith the registration, even though
it is lower than in former years
because of the draft.
Paper Wins First Place In
Contest Among Larger
Non-Dailies Of State
The Transylvania Times won
first place in the 1942 General Ex
cellence contest among the larg
er non-daily newspapers of the
i state and will receive a handsome
trophy, W. K. Hoyt, general man
ager of The Winston-Salem Journ
al-Sentinel and president of the
North Carolina Press association,
has announced.
The press awards program is
sponsored annually by the state
press association and of the non
daily competition, the General Ex
cellence is the most coveted award.
In determining the winner of
this contest, the following score
card was used: mechanical excel
lence, 25 points; general and de
partment news, 25 points; editor
ial page, 15 points; advertising
enterprise, 15 points; promotion of
community interest, 10 points and
reporting excellence, 10 points.
The Newsworld at North
Wilkesboro won second place in
this contest. In the General Ex
cellence contest among the small
er weekly papers, another paper
published by Ed M. Anderson, The
Alleghany News at Sparta, won
the trophy. Second award went to
The Cherokee Scout at Murphy.
The Elkin Tribune won the com
munity service award and The
Williamston Enterprise the spec
ial edition trophy.
Santford Martin, editor of The
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52 Selectees Sent To Camp Croft
Tuesday For Exams And Induction
Fifty-two Transylvania county
selectees were sent to Camp Croft
Tuesday morning for examination
and induction into military ser
vice.
Of this number, 8 of them had
gotten married since Pearl Har
bor and 5 were 18-year-olders who
registered last June.
To fill the February call, it is
indicated that several men with
out children who were married
prior to Pearl Harbor will be call
ed. A group of colored men will
also leave in February.
Of the 18-year-olders who regis
tered in December, none of them
are expected to be called until
the end of this school term. Ques
tionnaires have already been sent
to them, however.
Those reporting for examina
tion Tuesday were:
Clyde G. Jones, leader; Ransler
R. King, Charlie Miller, Frank D.
Bridges, Wyatte Aiken, Frank A.
Sansosti, Mancel E. Owen, John T.
Owen, Lawrence B. Kilpatrick,
Scott N. Galloway, Ray M. Rigdon,
Wilco Lance, Theodore Hoxit,
Junior Hensley, Kenneth L. King,
Carl Miller, Gerald E. Allison, as
sistant leader, John Cassell, assist
ant leader; James T. Wall.
Russell L. Owen, Grady W. Wil
j son, Kenneth V. McCurry, Robert
[ F. Morgan, Lee E. Reid, Lawrence
D. Fisher, Norman S. Morgan,
James S. Allison, Jr., Jack L.
Brown, Harry L. Jones, William
E. White, Tom V. McCall, Ralph
A. Orr, Otto McCall, Jess Fisher,
Curtis Clubb, Reuben Murr, Van
E. Huggins, Clarence D. Garren,
Jack J. Dermid, Harold F. Norris,
Jesse R. Aiken, William Galloway,
Ralph N. Holden, L. Royal Sum
mey, James P. Watts, William R.
Johnson, Ralph R. Allison, Robert
W. Jackson, Ferlin Chappell, Le
roy Lance. Transferred from other
boards were John B. Whitney, Jr.,
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SMOKIES TO HAVE
AN INTER-URBAN
UNIT IN COUNTY
Full Schedule To Be An
nounced Next Week. Com
mittee Makes Plans
Inter-urban bus service in Tran
sylvania county will be started
next Friday, February 5, by the
Smoky Mountain Stages which al
ready operate a large number of
through buses in this section, it
was announced late yesterday af
ternoon following conference by
leaders of the community and of
ficials of the bus company.
The company plans to operate
at least one large bus on a full
time basis in the county and thfo
will provide greatly improved bus
service throughout the day and
into the night from Brevard to
Rosman, Brevard to Pisgah For
est and to Little Mountain. Six
round trips daily, in addition to
the present bus schedule, are be
ing planned.
An effort is also being made to
secure extra bus runs from Bre
vard to the Rockbrook or Con
nestee section and it is expected
that this arrangement will be com
pleted in the near future, either
with the Greyhound or McCall
Dillingham lines.
The movement for improved
bus service in the county was
started here two weeks ago by The
Times, which pointed out that due
to present gasoline restrictions,
extra bus service was needed,
especially from Rosman to Bre
vard and to other sections of the
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A committee from the Chamber
of Commerce, headed by C. M.
Douglas, and officials of the two
local units hauling employees of
the Ecusta Paper corporation,
worked out a tentative schedule
I and presented it to the Smoky
Mountain Stages, with the view of
using the Ecusta buses for the im
proved schedules.
However, the Smoky Mountain
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LAST RITES HELD
FOR MRS. DELONG
Well Known Brevard Wo
man Buried Tuesday.
Ill Some Time
Funeral service was held Tues
day afternoon at 1:30 o’clock
at the Brevard First Baptist
church for Mrs. Kate DeLong, 68,
who died early Monday morning
at her home here, following an
illness of several weeks. Funeral
service was conducted by Rev. S.
F. McAuley, pastor of the Second
Baptist church here. Interment
was in Gillespie cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Roy
and Knox DeLong, and one grand
1 son, all of Brevard.
Mrs. DeLong, widow of the late
H. L. DeLong, was a native of
Transylvania county and had lived
here practically all of her life.
She was a member of the First,
Baptist church in Brevard, and
was well known.
rtllbearers were Melvin Gilles
pie, Anthony Trantham, Vernon
Fullbright, Charles Moore, Dean
Whitlock and L. A. Farrior.
Moore-Trantham funeral direc
tors had charge of arrangements.
To Hold Hearings
Monday On Pleasure
Driving Violations
Four Transylvania county motor
ists have been ordered to appear
before the rationing board’s gaso
line committee next Monday af
ternoon to answer charges of
violation of the OPA pleasure driv
ing restrictions, Charles Davis,
chairman, announced today.
A hearing will also be held at
that time for another motorist
charged with illegal use of gaso
line.
The hearings are open to the
public. These are the first hear
ings on pleasure driving viola
tions to be held in this county.
It is understood that there are
several OPA inspectors in the
area making checks.