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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53: No. 5
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
RECORD NUMBER OF TIRES ISSUED
4r +
Inter-Urban, Wartime Bus Service To Be Started In County Tomorrow
PROVIDES FOR
FULL DAY AND
NIGHT SERVICE
Complete Schedule Is An
nounced. Success Depen
dent Upon Patronage
A streamlined, wartime bus
sendee between Rosman. Bre
vard, Pisgah Forest and Little
Mountain will be started tomor
row morning by the Smoky Moun
tain Stages.
In addition to their through
buses, the Smoky Mountain
Stages will provide a full-time bus
to render this int£r-urban day
and evening service.
A complete schedule appears
elsewhere in this issue, as well
as a list of fares that will be
charged.
Effort is also being made to
get improved bus service on the
Greenville highway and to Hen
dersonville.
“You can ride the bus to work,
to shop in Brevard, to visit
friends, to attend church and
meetings, and to see the movies,”
interested citizens point out.
Tried As Experiment
Sponsors of the movement also
stress the fact that this inter-ur
ban service is experimental. ODT
regulations require minimum ca
pacity loads and unless the patro
nage is sufficient to meet these
requirements, the service cannot
be continued.
Joel W. Wright, president of
the Smoky Mountain Stages, sta
ted that his company was glad to
provide the service and ur*?ed
the public to take advantage of it.
Brief History Of Company
The Smoky Mountain Stages
was formed in February, 1934, and
has enjoyed rapid growth. The
company now serves four states—
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BOND SALES OVER
QUOTA IN JANUARY
New Monthly Record Set.
Quota For February Is
Slightly Lower
The sale of war bonds and
stamps in Transylvania county
during the month of January to
taled $39,209.96. which was $4,
082.96 in excess of the quota,
Chairman E. H. McMahan an
nounces.
In spite of the Victory tax be
coming effective in January, the
sale of war bonds in this county
was the highest last month of
any month since last May.
The quota for February is $26,
691.50 and Chairman McMahan
urged every one to “keep up the
good work.”
Mr. Abernathy, of Greensboro,
who is in charge of war bond sales
in the state, was in town yester
day and highly commended the
county for its fine record of hav
ing surpassed the quota every
month. “You have one of the best
records in the state,” he said.
January sales were reported as
follows: Pisgah Forest post office,
$16,650.00; Transylvania Trust
company, $10,160.00; Brevard post
. office, $7,968.70; Brevard Federal
Savings and Loan, $3,568.75 and
$ Rosman post office, $862.50.
Scouts To Conduct
A Scrap Campaign
Under the direction of their
Scoutmasters and with the full
i co-operation of the district scout
' committee and the county sal
vage officials, the Boy Scouts
of Brevard and the county this
week started a scrap metal drive
that will last throughout the
month.
To the troop that collects the
greatest number of pounds per
membership, The Times is of
fering a trophy. Each troop
[ will also receive 30 cents per
hundred pounds collected.
The public is asked to co
operate in the drive. Each troop,
will have its own collection cen
ters. J. E. Rufty has been ap
pointed co-ordinator and Chair
man Howard Wyatt is meeting
| and working with the boys.
Public Sale Of Canned Goods
To Be Halted February 20thv
Rationing To Start March 1st.
Registration To Be Held
Last of Month At Schools.
Need Inventories
Public sale of canned fruits and
vegetables will stop in Transyl
vania county and throughout the
nation at midnight, Feb. 20 and
will resume on March 1 on a tight
ly rationed basis, according to an
OPA announcement.
The order as promulgated by
the OPA also applies to all frozen
fruits and vegetables, dried fruits
(but not dried vegetables), canned
soups and canned baby foods.
Canned goods rationing has
been dictated because of the
quantities needed by armed forces
and lend-lease operations.
Dual Currency System
Canned goods rationing will in
volve a dual currency system.
Starting March, every time the
housewife goes to the store for
canned goods, she will have to
pay not only the usual money
price but also a value in coupon
points.
For March, the first ration per
iod, she will have 48 points for
every member of her family to
spend on rationed goods. She will
have to budget herself on canned
goods according to her family’s
likes and dislikes, and she is cau
tioned not to spend all of the
points within one week because
there will be no more for the
month.
The period between Feb. 20
and March 1 will enable grocers
to stock their shelves and mark
point values and give the public
time to procure new ration books,
which will be issued by 1,500,000
Volunteer clerks beginning Feb.
22. Sometime during this period,
the OPA will announce the point
values of different items, which
may change from month to month.
Plans are being made to hold the
registration in the schools.
Housewives are required to take
an inventory of their pantries on
Sunday morning. Feb. 21, and
stocks are to be reported when
applying for a ration book. Home
canned goods are exempt.
Restaurants, hotels, hospitals
and other institutional users of
canned goods will apply for spec
ial rations during the first ten
days of March.
Defense Council To j
Meet Here Tonight
Air raid warning signals and
blackout regulations for the four
th corps service area have been
revised and these revisions will
be discussed at a meeting of the
Transylvania county civilian de
fense council that will be held at
the city hall here tonight at 7:30
o’clock, Chairman Ralph Ramsey
announces.
A full announcement of these
revisions will be made in next
week’s paper. All members of
the council are urged to attend
the important meeting tonight.
In Air Corps Service
SGT. HAROLD HOGSED, son
of R. L. Hogsed of Route 1,
Brevard is stationed at the Army
Air Base at New Orleans. He
volunteered for service last Sep
tember. Prior to entering he
worked at Ecusta and is well
known here.
HORSE AND MULE
CLINICS WILL BE
HELD NEXT TUES.
All Farmers Invited To Take
Advantage of Oppor
tunity Afforded
Two free horse and mule clinics !
will be held in Transylvania coun
ty next Tuesday under the spon
sorship of the state extension
service and veterinarians. County
Agent Julian Glazener announces.
Starting at 1:30 o’clock, a clinic
is to be held at the Carl Allison
farm and the afternoon clinic,
which will start at 2:30, will be
held at the B & B Mill lot.
Dr. M. M. Leonard, veterinar
ian, will conduct both clinics.
All farmers in the county are
invited to bring their horses and
mules to the clinics for free ex
amination, and for treatment. No
farmer is obligated to have his
animals treated following exami
nation, but in event such treat
ment is desired, a small cost will
be made, depending upon the na
ture of the treatment.
This includes treatment for
roundworms and bots when need
ed, floating teeth and advice on
foot trimming, advice on feeding
and management.
“Feed and water should be
withheld for a least 18 hours be
fore treatment,” Mr. Glazener
stated.
NO GASOLINE ON CREDIT
By government order, all gaso
line is now being sold on a cash
basis and no charge accounts will
be permitted any longer. The or
der was issued out of Washington
An Advanced Red Cross First Aid
Class Will Be Given Next Week
With the view of being eligible
to take the Red Cross first aid
instructor’s course to be given
! here the first week in March, it
is believed that a large number
of persons who have completed
the standard course will enroll for
the advanced class that will be
taught here next week.
The advanced course will start
next Monday night at 7 o’clock in
the jury room at the courthouse
and the class will meet each night
for the rest of the week from 7
until 9 o’clock.
Luke Harrison, together with
the co-operation of Dr. Otis Mar
shall, will teach the course.
Mrs. Ashe Macfie, first aid
chairman of the local Red Cross
chapter, states that every effort is
being made to have at least 20
or 25 persons take the advanced
course. All of those who wish to
enroll are urged to get in touch
with her.
Miss Sadie North, who taught
several standard classes last year,
this week requested graduates of
her classes to take both the ad
vanced and the instructor’s cours
es.
A representative of the National
Red Cross will be here to con
duct the instructor’s course.
It was also pointed out that
the courses are free and that
those taking them will be permit
ted to use their cars to attend
class because of the essential
character of the instruction.
COMMISSIONERS
REQUEST OPENING
OF PRISON CAMP
Resolution Sent To State Of
ficials. Advantages Of
Request Cited
A resolution requesting thp
state prison and highway otficials
to re-open the prison camp in
Transylvania county was passed
at a meeting of the county com
missioners here Monday.
In making the request, the
commissioners pointed out that
by re-opening the camp better
attention could be given to the
highways in this county, that
more food could be raised on the
prison farm and that a consider
able amount of gasoline could be
conserved. The camp was closed
sometime ago when the prison
population of the state started
declining.
The commissioners instructed
the tax supervisor to list all cars i
in the county at the Blue Book
value.
A number of other routine mat
ters were disposed of and the
commissioners adjourned to meet
again today to go over the audit
of the county’s books with the
certified public accountants.
GEORGE T. LYDAY
PASSED AWAY MON.
Pro minent Transylvania
County Citizen Laic! To
Rest Yesterday
George T. Lyday, 86, died at
his home at Penrose early Mon
day morning, following an extend
ed illness. Funeral service was
held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock at the Enon Baptist
church, conducted by the pastor,
Rev. W. S. Price. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Lyday was a native of Tran
sylvania county, and had lived
here all of his life. He was a
member of the county board of
commissioners for 20 years, and
spent many years as a farmer and
school teacher in this county. He
was the oldest senior deacon of
the Enon Baptist church.
Surviors are his widow and six
children, W. H. Lyday, Harley
Lyday and Mrs. W. A. Williams,
of Transylvania county, Virgil
Lyday, of Washington, D. C., L.
B. Lyday, of Asheville, and Mrs.
Robert Allison, of Umatilla, Fla.
Pallbearers were Dixon Lyday,
J. C. Lyday, Arnold Williams,
Herbert Williams, Capt. R. J. Ly
day and Lyday Morgan.
Those in charge of flowers were
Sylvia Lyday, Wilma Pickelsimer,
Mrs. Kannie Surrette, Mrs. Edna
Mae Lankford, Mrs. Belva Mit
chell, Mrs. Ena Woodfin.
Arrangements were in charge
of Osborne-Simpson funeral home.
More Information
About Tax Returns
When the U. S. deputy tax col
lector’s office here is closed, tax
payers may secure income tax
return blanks at the post of
fice or at Varner’s Drug store,
Collector S. E. Varner announced
today.
After the returns are filled out,
they do not have to be sworn to
or jura ted and should be mailed j
to the collector’s office in Greens
boro, together with clerk or money
order for at least 25 percent of
amount of taxes due. The returns
should not be left at the post of
fice or Varner’s Drug store.
Mr. Varner will be in the local
office on Saturdays, February 20
and 27 and from March 5 through
March 15.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASS’N.
TO MEET THIS SUNDAY
The monthly meeting of the
Transylvania county Sunday school
association will be held at Carr’s
Hill Baptist church Sunday af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock accord
ing to announcement of Fred Mon
teith, president. The public is in
vited.
County Sends 415 Books To Armed Forces
The 1943 Transylvania county Victory Book campaign, which
ended last Saturday, was a big success with over 400 books being
contributed for army and naval camps and hospitals in the Caro
linas. Shown above is Mrs. Oliver Orr, president of the Brevard
Women’s Civic club, contributing a book at the library. Seated
at the table are members of the county’s Victory Book campaign
committee. Reading from left to right are Miss Daisy Norton,
assistant librarian; Mrs. John Smith, book drive chairman and
Miss Annie Jean Gash, librarian.
Brevard Coast Guard Seaman Has
Exciting Experience During Allied
Landings In Africa, Predicts Dates
FINED T BOOK
ON VIOLATION OF
PLEASURE RULING
Hearings For Other Alleg-j
ed Violators Held Be
fore Gas Committee
For violation of the OPA pleas
ure driving regulation, Frank
Barton, of Selica, was denied the
privilege of using his A gasoline
book, in a hearing before the
gasoline committee of the local
rationing board held Monday af
ternoon.
Since his father’s work is de
pendent upon the use of Frank's
car, a new A book, to become ef
fective on March 25, was issued
in the name of the senior Barton.
After hearing the evidence in
the case of James Holden, of near
Brevard, the committee ruled
that Holden had not violated the
pleasure ruling when he drove
to a friend’s home to get butter
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Kiwanis Governor
To Address Club
Lieutenant Governor J. T.
Chiott, of Asheville, will pay an
official visit to the Brevard Ki
wanis club Friday night when it
meets at the Bryant house here
at 7 o’clock. He will address the
club and following the regular
meeting, he will meet with the
directors.
I
John Hall Returns For Visit
After Thrilling Trip
On Atlantic
“Germany is facing a certain
Dunquerque in Tunisia and by
the first of March North Africa
will be free of Axis troops and
by next Armistice day the Axis
will be defeated.”
i
These confident assertions were
made to a Times reporter by a
Brevard man in service who was
member of the crew of an amphi
bious transport which participated
in the invasion of North Africa and
who felt the full fury of the Axis
attempt to thwart the movement.
John H. Hall is his name and his
mother, Mrs. George Hall, and
his wife live here.
For upward of half an hour.
Hall told in a matter-of-fact way
of his exciting experiences at sea
and in the Mediterranean theater.
It was an absorbing story of
dauntless courage and heroic ac
tion, but Hall’s language indicated
that he did not regard any of the
exploits as spectacular.
“What was your most exciting
experience during the invasion?”
he was asked.
Tells of Exciting Experiences
“The evening our ship shot
down three Jerries in the harbor
at Algiers,” he replied. “A Ger
man aviator whom we shot down
told us they thought we were a
battleship, so deadly was our fire.
That same evening we had our
closest call. A German plane put
a torpedo between our anchor
chain and the port bow — an
escape by a matter of inches.”
Hall enlisted in the coast guard
last August and prior to that
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Boy Scout Week Will Be Observed,
Committee Chairmen Are Announced
National Boy Scout Week,
starting this Saturday, will be ob
served by the scouts in Brevard
and Transylvania county, Chair
man E. H, McMahan announces.
Plans for the observance were
made at a meeting of the district
scout committee last Thursday
night. Among other things, the
scouts will have a window display
here, will attend church services
in a body at the Methodist church
Sunday night at 7:30, at which
time the pastor, Rev. W. A. Jen
kins, will speak. The Scouts will
wear uniforms.
The scouts will also be busily
engaged in collecting scrap metal.
The county has four troops, three
here and one at Cedar Mountain.
Rev. W. A. Jenkins is planning
to organize another local troop.
Chairman McMahan announced
the appointment of district com
mittee chairmen as follows: Jack
Trantham, chairman of advance
ment; Jerry Jerome, finance; C.
M. Douglas, extension; Rev. W.
A. Jenkins; leadership and train
ing; Charlie Moore, camping;
Rev. Ashby Johnson, health and
safety; H. B. Shiflet, senior scout
ing and Frank Kerber, cubbing.
It was also announced that a
finance drive will be conducted
this month.
Scout executive Wall was pres
ent and outlined plans for the
year. Scouting is needed today
more than ever, he said. In this
county there should be at least
four more troops and the stan
dard of scouting should be held
high. He also urged that camping
be stressed more this year, as
well as scout advancement.
Salvage Chairman Wyatt was
present and discussed the boy
scout scrap drive.
DRE AND RECAP
APPROVALS LAST
MONTH OVER 900
Practically All Eligible Ap
plications Filled. Feb.
Quota Given
Certificates were issued by the
Transylvania county rationing
board during the month of Janu
ary for a record number of tires
and recaps, according to informa
tion obtained yesterday from Hen
ry Carrier, who has charge of tire
and tube activity of the local
board.
Certificates for total of 453 new
tires for cars and trucks were is
sued and 525 recaps, making a
grand total of 978 new auto and
truck tires for the county.
The February quota provides
for a total of 224 new car and
truck tires, as follows: 13 grade 1,
24 grade 2 and 48 grade 3 tires
for passenger cars, 54 passenger
recaps and 51 tubes; for trucks,
30 new tires, 55 recaps and 35
tubes.
With the exception of about 8
applications for passenger grade
1 tires, all persons who filed ap
plications and who were eligible
for passenger car tires and recaps,
received certificates, and all truck
and bus owners who were eligi
ble under list A were taken care
of last month.
By continually presenting the
needs of the county, Mr. Carrier
was able to secure additional al
lotments which now places the
county’s rubber situation in a good
condition.
Approvals last month were as
follows: 430 passenger recaps,
378 new passenger tires and 60
tubes; for trucks, 75 tires, 95
recaps and 73 tubes.
A complete list of the approv
ed applications will probably be
published next week.
S. C. F. CHAPTER
TO GIVE CLOTHING
Wants To Help Every Child
Of School Age To Be
and Remain In School
The Transylvania county chap
ter of Save the Children Federa
tion is now making extensive
plans to provide clothing for all
underprivileged *children so that
they may be able to attend or to
remain in school.
All teachers in the county, as
well as parents and individuals
are requested to co-operate by
I sending information to the S. C.
! F. committee, of which Mrs. B.
D. Franklin, of Brevard, is tem
porary chairman.
Clothing requisition forms have
been printed and distributed to
a number of schools. Others may
be had upon request.
The chapter now has on hand
some clothing for children and
received around $160.00 in cash
from the sale of used clothing, to
be used to purchase needed ar
ticles.
Funds to purchase material for
a comfort project have also been,
received.
The executive committee of
the local chapter met Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. Ashby
Johnson here. They are also in
vestigating the possibility of get
ting garden seeds.
Appeal For Records
For Men In Service
An urgent appeal is being
made for phonograph records
to be sent to men in the ser
vice, according to announcement
of Mrs. Keith Pooser, chairman
in charge of musk defense. Alt
those who have records to do
nate for this cause are asked
to call Mrs. Pooser at Phone
139, not later than Saturday,
February 13, and she will ar
range for collection.
Mrs. Carl MacMurray, chair
man of music defense of the dis
trict federated music clubs, will
be in Brevard on the 13th, and
will take back with her to Ashe
ville all records that have bean
contributed here by that ttnyy