The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53: No. 9
^ ONE SECTION ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1943
★ 12 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
RED CROSS DRIVE IS UNDERWAY
i
intensive Effort To Enforce Compulsory Attendance Law Being Made
Several parents
'ARE tried, others
ARE INVESTIGATED
AH Children Between Ages
of 7 and 14 Must Attend
School In State
REQUIREMENTS GIVEN
An intensive effort is now be
^ing made in Transylvania county
ito enforce the state school com
pulsory attendance law, which re
Quires that every parent, guard
ian, or other person in the state
having charge of or control over
a child between the ages of 7
and 14 must see that such child
attends school continuously for a
period equal to the time which
the public schools in the district
in which the child resides is in
session, it was learned this week.
Several parents have already
been arrested, tried and convict
ed for violation of this law. They
have been given 30 day suspended
sentences.
A check up also reveals that a
number of other cases are being
investigated and it is believed
that every parent in the county
Mho is not complying with this
law will be brought into court.
The law provides that the mini
mum sentence is $5 for each day
absent or 30 days in jail for each
day absent. It provides further
that the principal has the right
to excuse a child Mhen such re
quest is made by the parent to
the principal if the cause is sick
ness or some other reason accept
able to the principal. *'v
It is the duty of the parent to
send a written excuse to the prin
cipal or see the principal in per
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BILL HEATH. OUT
OF MARINES, SAYS
HE WILL REENLIST
Local Youth, Too Young,
Given Honorable Discharge
From Sea Soldiers
Bill Heath, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Heath, is back in Brevard
following his release a few days
ago from the marine corps with an
honorable discharge, which was
granted him on account of his
age.
Young Heath, with his parents’
consent, went to Asheville on
Sept. 24, 1942, a day before he
was 16. and enlisted in the ma
rines. He gave his age as 17. He
was sent for training to Parris
Island. S. C., where he remained
for ten weeks. He was then
transferred to the sea school at
Portsmouth, Va., where he was
located until his release about ten
days ago.
“How did the officials find out
you were under age? Heath was
asked.
“I don’t know,” he replied.
“They have a way of checking up
and finding out such things.”
Young Heath said he liked the
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Charges of Black
Market Auto Tire
Operation Brought
John Rhodes, of Brevard and a
former employee of Ecusta Paper
corporation; C. C. Lentz, of Hen
dersonville and Scot Dillingham,
of Haw Creek were arrested last
week by United States deputy
marshals on charges of violating
OPA regulations.
Hearings were held before U. S.
Commissioner Eugene Taylor in
Asheville and they were each plac
ed under $500 bonds.
Lentz is alleged to have had
transactions in automobile tires
and camelback or retreading rub
ber with Dillingham and Rhodes,
without first obtaining certificates
issued by any war price and ration
ing board authorizing the transac
tion and at prices in excess of
that admitted by law.
In other words, these men
face charges of operating a “black
tire market.”
Mrs. Roosevelt Honors China’s First Lady
i
MME. CHIANG KAI-SIIEK. wife of the generalissimo, receives
from America’s first lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, (he Chi Omega
achievement medal for being the world's outstanding woman. The
honor had been restricted to American women in the past. Mme.
Chiang received the award in Washington after a press conference.
(International)
Three County Bills Ratified; One
Pending And Three Others Are
Introduced By Wallace Galloway
Opposition Registered Tues
day Against Delinquent
Tax Measure
Three local bills introduced by
Representative Wallace Galloway
have been ratified, four are now
pending further action and it is
understood that one or two more
local measures will be introduced.
Passed by both branches of the
legislature and ratified were the
bills consolidating the town of
Brevard tax collector's office with
the county office and two measur
es concerning the collection of de
linquent taxes, which were pub
lished last week.
The special tax levy bill that
was put into the hopper some time
ago has passed the House and
went to the Senate today.
Representative Galloway intro
duced three other bills last Thurs
day, two of which are expected to
pass and one to be killed in the
senate.
Measures expected to pass are:
HB 702—“To regulate the sale
of wine in Transylvania county.”
It would permit the county com
missioners in their discretion at
any time after 90 days from ra
tification and upon petition of 10
per cent of the voters, to refuse
to issue wine licenses and to can
cel existing licenses and in their
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12,689 PERSONS
REGISTERED FOR
RATION BOOK TWO
Institutional Users Register
ing This Week. All Books
Accounted For
A total of 12,689 persons in
Transylvania county last week
registered for war rationing book
two and the sale of canned goods
is now being made under the new
point rationing system.
Persons who failed to register
last week can apply at the ration
ing board office here, Dr. J. F.
Zachary, who has charge of the
program, announces.
All cafes, hotels, and institu
tional users are registering this
week. This registration must be
completed by next Wednesday.
There are three types of institu
tional users and those living in
boarding houses have to operate
on a “pooled book” plan.
According to reports, Dr. Zach
ary said, there was practically no
canned goods reported on hand
by people living in the rural areas
and, in general, the supplies of
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Red Cross First Aid Instructor's Course
Will Be Given Here All Next Week
A Red Cross first aid instruc
tor’s course will be given at the
courthouse here next week by
Sam Jones, field representative of
the American Red Cross, under
the sponsorship of the Transyl
vania county Red Cross chapter,
Mrs. Ashe Macfie announces.
Starting Monday night, classes
will start a 7 and last until 10
o’clock and all persons who com
plete the course will be qualified
to teach First Aid classes here
and throughout the county.
All persons who have completed
the standard and advanced first
aid courses are qualified to enroll
in the class. Luke Harrison, local
Red Cross instructor, will give a
review course at the courthouse
here tonight at 7 o’clock and those
planning to take the instructor’s
course are invited to attend.
Mr. Jones is from Rome, Ga.,
and is an outstanding Red Cross
instructor. For six years he at
tended the National Aquatic
school here. For a number of
years he was chairman of first aid,
water safety and accident preven
tion in the Rome chapter. He is
also an exprienced Scouter.
Chapter Chairman Jerry Jerome
this week stressed the importance
of as many persons as possible
taking the instructor’s course. “We
need a number of men and women
who can teach first aid to others.
Every home in the county during
this emergency should have at
least one First Aider.”
S. C. F. PROVIDING
CLOTHES SHOES FOR
NEEDY CHILDREN
Mrs. E. F. Tilson Elected
Chairman of County
Chapter Tuesday
A number of underprivileged
children in Transylvania county
are being provided with shoes and
clothing by the county chapter of
Save the Children’s Federation, a
report given at an executive com
mittee meeting of the SCF held
here Tuesday night showed.
The chapter is anxious to pro
vide adequate clothing for all un
derprivileged children who are
now in school and if there are
children who are not in school
because of lack of clothing, the
SCF wants to take care of their
needs, too, it is stated.
A short time ago the chapter
received a large shipment of
clothing and shoes from the na-!
tional organization. Some of this
shipment was distributed and the
rest sold at auction. A total of
$167.65 was realized from the sale
and this money is being used to
purchase new clothing and shoes
for needy children, upon requisi
tion signed by teachers and ap
proved by the SCF committee.
1 he chapter now has a cash
balance of about $85.00 and an
other large shipment of clothing
is expected within the next few I
days.
All teachers and principals have
been requested to co-operate with
this worthy project.
At the meeting Tuesday night,
Mrs. E. F. Tilsoh, well known and
popular Brevard teacher, was el
ected chairman of the SCF execu
tive committee, succeeding Mrs.
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MANY LOCAL MEN
ENTERED TRAINING
TOES. AT JACKSON
—
Three Joined The Navy And
One Marines. Colored
To Leave Saturday
Of the 55 men who were sent
by the Transylvania draft board
to Camp Croft on February 22,
16 of them were rejected, 3 were
held over and 29 were accepted
and most of them left Tuesday
morning for Fort Jackson.
Three of those passing enlisted
in the Navy. They were James B.
Wallace, James O. Paxton and
Broughton C. Canup. Vincent J.
Dixon enlisted in the marines.
Douglas Wyatt entered service
immediately after induction and
Brodus Powell will leave tomor
row.
Those who went to Fort Jack
son Tuesday were Lawrence F.
Dixon, Jr., Robert C. Anders,
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Religious Emphasis
Week Will Be Held
At Brevard College
Starting next Monday and last
ing through Saturday, March 13,
Religious Emphasis Week will be
j observed at Brevard College, Dr.
j E. J. Coltrane, president, an
j nounced today.
The Rev. McMurry Richey, pas
tor of the Cullowhee Methodist
church, will conduct morning and
evening services here in the audi
torium at the college. The morn
ing service will be held at 11:15
and the evening service at 7
o’clock. The public is invited to
attend.
Mr. Richey will be assisted in
the observance by Miss Mabel
Cherry, director of religious edu
cation at the college; Gilreath
Adams, president of the Christian
Student Movement and William
Rush, president of the Baptist
Student Union.
“This event,” said Dr. Coltrane,
is an annual occasion at Brevard
College and at many other col
leges and schools throughout the
nation. Through the morning and
evening services, conferences and
discussion groups, students are
taught a better understanding of
the Christian religion.”
Not A Circus Gang, But Just Local Lions!
Believe-it-or-not, the men shown above are really dignified Bre
vard business and professional men! Dressed for fun and frolic,
these Lions had lots of fun and put on a real show at the College
gym here last Friday night. The object was to raise money to
set- up Philip Price in business here and the event was profitable.
(Photo By Austin’s Studio)
Auto And Truck Tire Problems
In Brevard And County Solved;
Future Tire Outlook Is Bright
FSA IS ASSISTING
175 FAMILIES IN
TRANSYLVANIA
Smith Succeeds McDarris As
Supervisor. McDarris
Is Promoted
Ralph L. Smith, who has suc
ceeded Joseph C. McDarris as
Farm Security Administration
supervisor in Transylvania, this
week stated that the FSA is now
assisting 175 farm families in the
county.
A total of 24 FSA families from
this county have gone to the Pen
derlea Homesteads in the eastern
part of the state, he said.
“Among other things, we are
stressing the Victory Garden pro
gram this year,” Mr. Smith de
clared.
Mr. McDarris, who did an out
standing job in the county during
the three and a half years that
he served as FSA supervisor, has
been transferred to the state of
fice at Raleigh and is county su
pervisor-at-large.
The new supervisor was trans
ferred here from Murphy where
he has served as associate super
visor of Cherokee county since last
November. Prior to that time he
was principal of the Hayesville
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March Quota Good, No Ban
On Recapping and Used
Tires To Be Sold
FEB. APPROVAL HIGH
With the lifting of the ration
ing ban on passenger and light
truck tire recapping and the ap
proval of all eligible applications
filed with the War Price and Ra
tioning board here during the
month of February, the tire prob
lems in Brevard and Transylvania
county have apparently been
solved, at least for the time being.
The outlook for this month and
for the next several months is
also bright. The March quota ap
pears to be large enough to take
care of needs and many used tires
that were bought by the federal
government last winter through
the idle tire plan will go on sale
at local dealer places within the
next few days.
Orders were placed some time
ago for these tires and shipment
is expected to be made immediate
ly.
The government sells the tires
directly to manufacturers, but
! they are shipped freight prepaid
directly to dealers designated by
the manufacturers. Manufacturers
order only those tires for which
they have received orders from
dealers, accompanied by rationing
certificates issued by the OPA.
The government sale price of
these used tires is the retail sale
price as determined by govem
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A Greater Production Of Surgical
Dressings Requested By War Dept.
Through the American Red
Cross, the War Department has
put out an S. O. S. for greater pro
duction of surgical dressings and
the work shops here and at Rock
brook have issued calls for more
voluntary workers to help in
crease production, it was an
nounced today.
Mrs. Edwin L. Happ, local
chairman, announced that the
Brevard surgical dressing shop
has been moved into a large room
in the city hall building here.
“This new location is nice and
comfortable and between 40 and
50 persons can work at one time,”
she said.
“Our county quota for March
15th is 20,000 dressings and at
the present time we only have
approximately 8,000 ready,” she
explained. “We have a large
quantity of material on hand and
all that we need now is workers.”
Schedule Is Given
The schedule for the Brevard
work shop is Monday, Wednesday
and Friday from 10 until 12 in
the mornings; 2 until 5 in the af
ternoons and 7:30 to 9:30 at
nights. Work on Friday night is
confined largely to packing.
“If more workers will volun
teer their services, we will increase
the schedule to include other
days,” Mrs. Happ said.
At the present time the local
work room is concentrating on
making surgical sponges, size 4x8.
Some of the workers make as
high as 20 sponges in two hours’
I time, she said. Since the work
i was started some time ago, a to
tal of nearly 200 Brevard women
have helped.
S. O. S. Call Received
The S. O. S. was contained in
a letter just received and it sta
ted in part:
“As a result of conferences
held with the War Department,
it was found that 180,000,000 sur
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FULL CANVASS OF
TOWN AND COUNTY
NOW BEING MADE
Co - operation of Everyone
Needed To Reach Coun
ty $5,400 Quota
GROUPS NOW WORKING
“If every person throughout the
county does as well as most of the
clerks in Brevard business houses,
employes at Wheeler’s and Ecusta,
we’ll go over the top,” was con
sensus of Red Cross officials here
Wednesday morning.
With a quota of $5,400.00, the
task of making the total amount
by the end of next week is a tre
mendous undertaking, the canvas
sers say, but those who have been
contacted (with a few exceptions)
have been very gracious, and in
most instances glad to give up to
a day’s salary for employed peo
ple, and large contributions by
business houses and individuals.
Schools in the county have not
started their drives yet. due tc
shortage of member-tags which
the national headquarters state
will be sent to Brevard during
the week. Each child in the
county school system who makes
a donation, will be given a mem
ber tag regardless of the amount
contributed. Last year every
school child in the county contri
buted something, and it is believ
ed that the same will hold true
this year.
Home Demonstration clubs over
thek county are carrying the Red
Cross message to residents in their
immediate communities. In Bre
vard. the Jaycees, Lions, Kiwanis,
and Civic Club members are mak
ing the canvass this week, with
a view to completion not later
than Tuesday of next week.
All business houses in Brevard
that have been contacted, have
made contributions except four.
And likewise, the employes in all
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO
BREVARD COLLEGE
EXCEED $10,500.00
Baptist Church Here To
Take Collection Sunday*
Hope To Reach $13,000
Total contributions through the
observance of Brevard College day
in the churches of the Western
North Carolina Methodist confer
ence have already exceeded $10,
500, and the fund is expected to
surpass $13,000 this year, Dr. E
J. Coltrane announces.
Although this is an official
Methodist church observance, in
appreciation of the value of Bre
vard College to the educational
life of this section and realizing
the need for more funds this year
to operate the college, the First
Baptist church here will observe
Brevard College day Sunday with
a special collection.
The Main Street Methodist
church at Gastonia has contribu
ted the largest amount for any
church over a two-year period.
This church has just reported col
lection this year of $1,060.55.
County Exceeds Its
Feb. Bond Quota
In keeping with its fine rec
ord, Transylvania county ex
ceeded its bond quota in Febru
ary by over $10,000, Chairman
E. H. McMahan announces.
February sales amounted to
$35,493.75 and the quota was
$25,125.00, and a report from
one sales source still hasn’t been
received.
The sales were as follows:
Pisgah Forest post office $20,
362.50, Transylvania Trust com
pany $6,806.25, Federal Savings
& Loan association $5,250.00,
and Brevard post office $3,.
075,00.
The March quota has been set
at $29,361.00.