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A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53: No. 11
★ ONE SECTION
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY,-MARCH 18, 1943
★ 12 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LIONS CLUB BUYS NEWS STAND
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Large Florida Firm To Raise Beans On Transylvania County Farm
COMMISSIONERS
AGREE TO RENT
FOR THIS SEASON
Expect To Get More Reve
nue Than By Operating
Farm Themselves
BEAN CROP PLANNED
Yesterday the Transylvania
county home farm and buildings
were rented to J. W. Johnston and
Company, of Florida, for the
spring and summer season, Carl
Allison, chairman of the county
board of commissioners, announc
ed.
A fixed cash rental fee was
agreed upon and while the amount
was not disclosed Mr. Allison sta
ted that ‘‘the county will be get
ting more in cash than we have
ever had before by operating the
farm.”
The Johnston firm plans to raise
beans on the 56 acres of open land
on the farm. This firm has also
rented a good deal of other land
in both Transylvania and Hender
son counties. In fact, it is under
stood that the Florida company
plans to have at least 1,000 acres
of land in the two counties in
beans.
After the passage of the social
act several years ago, the home
was closed for aged and infirmed
inmates, but the county has con
tinued to operate the farm. Joe
Bryson has been running it for
the last four years and as a result
of th« rental to th^ V^
he will move the tirsf Ol April.
It is understood that the Florida
firm wants to lease the farm for a
period of two years with an op
tion to buy.
FISH BE PUT IN
PISGAH STREAMS
Wild Species Becoming Im
portant As Food Supply,
Bock States
Twenty five thousand fish of
legal size will be placed in the
streams of Pisgah National Forest
beginning about April 1, Gerald
G. Bock, who is in charge of the
fisheries station in the forest, said
yesterday.
Calling attention to the sixth
annual observance of National
Wildlife Restoration week from
March 21 to 27, Mr. Bock said that
the commercial fisheries of the
United States and Alaska contri
bute nearly five billion pounds of
fishery and fishery products, the
bulk of which is used as food.
This important source of protein
food, he stated, ranks second in
volume, following pork and beef,
among the various sources of an
imal protein. “In fact,” Mr. Bock
said, “fishery contributions of food
and essential by-products are so
great that without them the abili
ty of the nation to wage war would
be materially lessened.”
Domestic Meats Short
With the present severe short
age of domestic meats due to the
necessity for shipping such large
quantities to our armed forces and
to our allies, wild species provide
a food resource that is becoming
increasingly important.
“A deer or an elk or a pheas
—Turn To Page Twelve
Siatten Is Cited
For Bravery When
Ship Was Torpedoed
Charles H. Siatten, a former
employee of the Ecusta Paper
corporation, has been highly com
mended by the Navy department
for “devotion, bravery and cour
age,” it was learned here this
week.
Siatten, who is 21 years of age
and who lived with his grandpar
ents, Mr* and Mrs. John Robert
Brown in the Enon community as
a child, was serving as a member
of a gun crew on a merchant ves
sel when it was torpedoed and
sunk recently. He is said to have
survived all right.
Siatten attended school at Pen
rose. He is the son of Mrs. Azalea
S. Stepp, of East Flat Rock.
Transylvania Red Cross Chapter
To Prepare For Disaster; Will
Hold Institute Here Friday Night
Red Cross Worker
MISS GLADYS EVANS, who
was at Gainesville, Ga., when a
tornado swept through the city,
will hold the Disaster emergency
institute here tomorrow night.
COUNTY HAS 15
RED CROSS 1ST.
AID INSTRUCTORS
Ready To Operate Standard
And Advanced Classes
Throughout County
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty now have 15 Red Cross First
Aid instructors who are now ready
to teach standard and advanced
courses in any section of the coun
ty where such instruction is de
sired, Mrs. Ashe Macfie, chairman
of the first aid committee of the
Transylvania Red Cross chapter,
said.
Prior to last week the county
had only two qualified first aid
instructors and last Friday night
thirteen others finished the spe
cial course given here by Sam
Jones, National Red Cross instruc
tor.
“Every one of our instructors
is anxious to teach a class and
any community that wishes to or
ganize a standard course class is
requested to get in touch with me,”
Mrs. Macfie said.
The instructors are qualified to
teach standard and advanced
courses. The standard course con
sists of a minimum of 20 hours
and the advanced course 10 hours.
There should be at least 15 in a
class.
A junior course will be taught
in schools for groups under 17
years of age. Every person in the
county is invited to take advantage
of this training at the earliest op
portunity.
The qualified instructors who
have received pins and certificates
are: Mrs. John Hudson, Mrs.
George Massey, Mrs. Goode Lof
tis, Mrs. Leroy Rackley, Mrs. Juli
us Sader, Mrs. Edwin Happ, Mrs.
—Turn To Page Twelve
Miss Gladys Evans To Con
duct Institute. Plant;
Are Announced
Readiness for disasters result
ing from natural causes, expand
ing war industry or enemy action
will keynote a Disaster Prepared
ness and Civilian War Aid Insti
tute, sponsored by the Transylvania
Chapter, American Red Cross, to
be held here Friday night at 8
o'clock at the courthouse.
Final plans for the institute were
completed today according to Jerry
Jerome, chairman of the local Red
Cross chapter, who announced
that Miss Gladys Evans, disaster
field representative for the eastern
area, American Red Cross, will
come here to conduct the insti
tute.
Mr. Jerome stressed the vital
importance of preparedness so
that prompt and adequate relief
may be administered in the event
of disaster. “If you are well or
ganized and prepared in advance
for any emergency, you have the
jump on human misery and suf
fering. Once the catastrophe oc
[ curs, it's too late," he said.
The institute will provide an
intensive review of the Red Cross
plan of disaster preparedness for
members of the local committee.
! Consideration will be given not
omy to the operation of the stan
dard Red Cross disaster set-up
developed through 61 years of ex
perience, but also to the details
of Chapter cooperation with the
Office of Civilian defense and the
Office of defense, health, and
welfare, Alex Kizer, chairman of
the chapter disaster preparedness
and defense committee, said.
| Since Clara Barton’s first relief
effort in 1881, the American Red
i Cross has given aid to sufferers
in more than 3.050 disasters and
has expended more than $155,000,
000 in emergency relief and re
habilitation. More than $100,000,
000 of this total has been spent
in the past 25 years.
Floods, fires, and wind storms
account for more than 80 per cent
of all natural disasters, Mr. Kizer
—Turn To Page Twelve
First Aid Films
Being Shown Here
Red Cross first aid movies are
being shown here and in the coun
ty this week under the sponsor
ship of the local chapter, with
Mrs. Ashe Macfie in charge.
The film was featured at the
theatre here Sunday and Monday.
Monday night it was shown at
Bethel church. Tuesday night at
Little River school.
This afternoon at 3:30 the movie
will be shown at Brevard high
school.
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock it
is to be shown at the Rockbrook
house and at 3:30 at the Rosman
school.
Friday night the film will be
shown at the college at 8 o’clock
and all members of the civilian
defense council are urged to see it.
These showings are being made
free and provide local people with
an opportunity to see how First
Aid can and should be adminis
tered. j
Teachers And Other State Employees
To Receive War Bonuses This Month
Passage of the state-empolyee
war bonus bill will enable the
teachers of Transylvania county
to receive over $1000 more salary
each month for the duration, Supt.
J. B. Jones estimated today.
This measure provides that
teachers making less than $900 per
year will get a monthly bonus of
$10; those making from $900 to
$1,800 per year will receive $15
per month; those getting $1,800
to $2,400 annually will receive
$16 and so on up to annual salaries
of $4,500.
Mr. Jones said that of the 82
teachers in the county, only two
of them get over $1,800 a year,
49 between $900 and $1,800 and 31
receive less than $900, with the
lowest salaries being $60 a month.
The bill provides that the bon
uses will be paid to teachers and
all other state employees as of
January 1, 1943. In other words,
teachers and other state employ
ees will probably receive three
months’ bonuses with their March
checks.
Last month the county’s teacher
payroll totalled $9,753.00, and with
the bonus payments, the March
payroll will probably be around
$14,000.
Here’s That Famous Fortress That ‘Couldn’t Possibly Fly’
AFTER BEING HIT BY A MESSERSCHMITT 109 whose pilot had been killed by the U. S. bomber’s
guns, a Fortress thunders back to its base in North Africa, its rear fuselage almost severed from the
plane and “lapping like the tail of a kite.” When the door of the plane was opened next day, the
craft broke In half. Said an official: “According to figures, that plane couldn’t fly.” The pilot of the
Fortress was Lt. Kenneth Bragg, of Savannah. Ga. Sergeant Sam Sarpolus was the tail gunner.
A TWO-DAY FOOD
SAVINGS SCHOOL
TO BE HELD HERE
Will Be At Brevard High
School Next Thursday
And Friday
A two-day Food Conservation
| school will be held at the Brevard
high school "here next Thursday
and Friday under the sponsorship
of the county home demonstration
program and the civilian defense
council. Miss Annabel Teague an
nounced today.
Members ol^he county nutrition
committee ami trained home econ
omics people in the county are in
vited to attend the school next
Thursday. Block leaders and home
demonstration club food leaders
are to attend on Friday.
The same program will be giv
en each day. Miss Teague said.
The school will open at 10 in
the morning with an address on
the “purpose of the school” by
Ralph Ramsey. J. A. Glazener
will extend greetings.
Miss Anna C. Rowe, of Ashe
ville. district home agent, will be
the principal speaker of the morn
ing session and will give a “Food
'Conservaton Demonstration.”
Mrs. Elma Goodell will intro
duce the guests.
Following the lunch hour, M.
T. Geddings, agricultural engineer
of the Duke Power company will
discuss dehydration, and from 2
until 4 o'clock plans for the year
will be made.
“This is an important school and
I hope it will be a real success,”
Miss Teague said.
WAAC OFFICER TO
TALK HERE FRIDAY
Lieut. Page To Explain How
Young Women Can En
roll In the WAACS
The services rendered by the
WAACS and the qualifications for
enrollment will be explained by
Lieut. Lucy Osillan Page, of the
Asheville Army recruiting station,
in a talk here Friday night at 8
o’clock in the ladies parlor at the
Methodist church, Mrs. Oliver Orr
announces.
The meeting is being sponsored
by the Brevard Women’s Civic
club and all women of the coun
ty who are interested in learning
more about the WAACS and in
joining this organization are ask
ed to attend.
A WAAC applicant must be a
citizen of the United States, be
tween the ages of 21 and 44, and
without children under 14 years of
age. She must also be able to pass
mental alertness and physical ex
ams.
ROCKBROOK SHIPS LARGE
SUPPLY OF DRESSINGS
The Rockbrook Red Cross sur
gical work room has packed this
week two large boxes of dressings
ready for shipment, according to
an announcement of the chairman,
Mrs. H. N. Carrier. Each box con
tain 9,000 dressings.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR PART
BY BUYING WAR BONDS AND
STAMPS EVERY PAY DAY?
March-ApriI Term Of Superior
Court To Convene Monday, March
29th; Jury List Is Announced
AAA FARM OFFICE
MOVED THIS WEEK
TO COURT HOUSE
—
Lack of Room In Post Office
j Building and Increased
Work Cause Change
The Transylvania county AAA
office has been moved from the
farm agent’s office in the post
office building to the grand jury
room in the courthouse.
This change has been made be
cause of the greatly increased
amount of work that is being
handled by the AAA program, *it
is explained.
Mrs. Julia Westwood, chief
clerk, will continue to have charge
of the office and it will be open
six days a week from 8:30 in
the morning until 5 o’clock in the
afternoon.
In addition to the former reg
ular work handled by this office,
including farm goals, lime and
phosphate orders, the AAA now
has to approve all farm machinery
that is being rationed, wire and
so on.
“We simply did not have enough
room in our office in the post of
fice building,” County Agent Jul
ian Glazener said. “The wartime
program has increased the activi
ties of this agency a great deal.”
T. J. Wilson is chairman of the
county AAA committee.
In connection with applications
for wire, it is suggested that be
fore applying all farmers should
first endeavor to locate some wire
that can be bought.
SELECTEES TO LEAVE
HERE FRI. MORNING
Fifty-nine Transylvania men.
nineteen of whom are volunteers,
will leave here tomorrow morn
ing at 8 o’clock for examination
and induction at Camp Croft.
Sixteen of the men were married
prior to Pearl Harbor, but have no
children.
A number of well known citizens I
are included in the selectee group, I
and three of them are brothers.
Fifty - four Men Selected.
Judge Felix Alley Will
Preside
The names of 54 jurors to serve
during the March-April term of
Transylvania county superior
court were announced today by
the county jury committee.
Thirty-six of them are to serve
| the first week and 18 the second,
I Chairman C. R. Sharp stated.
The term will convene on Mon
day, March 29, Judge Felix Alley,
of Waynesville, will preside and
court is not expected to last two
weeks because of the light crim
inal and civil docket and calendar.
The jurors are:
First Week
l. E. Sprouse, bam Orr, Ben H.
Owen, G. H. Lyday, Lee English,
T. R. Chastain, Claud Ray, W. H.
Lyday, Tom Carson, Fred John
son, Oscar Harbin, Jess O. Smith,
John Clarence Whitmire, Fred
Kilpatrick, Lewis Tinsley, Rufus
Guffey, Vergil McCrary, Thomas
H. Lee, G. M. Israel, Carmen
West, R S. Canseler, Clyde A.
Shuford, Holland Talley, Claude
Brown, C. V. Nicholson, Elmer
Baker, J. L. Gillespie, A. A.
Trantham. George Hamilton, M.
C. Powell, J. W. Summey, T. B.
Crary, J. S. Bromfield. J. J. Tins
ley, J. R. Grooms, and Clarence
Powell.
Second Week
Walter McGaha, Alvin Hubbard,
Wood Hinkle, Grady Pruett, D.
E. Culver, S. K. Owen, Dillie Fish
er, Mitch Neely, Fred Stroup, Shel
don Sims, Arthur Owen, Nelson
Bowen, Wilford Galloway, C. L.
Pickelsimer, Frank Wilson, Ed.
Mackey, Gaston Morgan and Na
than Raines.
JONES MAKES PHI BETA
KAPPA AT WAKE FOREST
John Paul Jones, son of Supt. and
Mrs. J. B. Jones, of Brevard, has
been invited to join the coveted
Phi Beta Kappa scholastic and
honorary fraternity at Wake For
est College. Jones is a senior and
will graduate this spring. During
the past four years he has made
an outstanding record at Wake
Forest, and to be invited to join
Phi Beta Kappa a high scholastic
record was necessary.
To Start Tin Can Collection Drive
In Brevard And Transylvania County
A renewed drive to collect tin
cans in Brevard and Transylvania
county is being started by the
county salvage committee at the
request of the WPB, Howard Wy
att announces.
All housewives in Brevard are
asked to collect up all tin cans
around the home and yard that
are not in a rusty condition, to
mash them out flat and to put
them out near the garbage cans.
The town garbage collectors have
agreed to gather up the cans.
All rural housewives are asked
to bring their tin cans to the col
lection depot at the McCrary Au
to service here.
“When tin cans are properly
prepared in towns where there is
no center for carload shipments,
the bottling firms have agreed to
pick this material up and deliver
it to the nearest shipping center,”
Mr. Wyatt said.
“These cans are needed in the
war effort and let’s do our part
in this drive as we have done in
all others,” he said.
Tin is one of the most critical
of all metals in this country.
SET UP POPULAR
BUND MAN HERE
IN OWN BUSINESS
Philip Price Is Now The
Owner and Operator of
Former Tinsley’s Stand
FIREMEN HELP
Thanks to the Brevard Lions
club, Phil Price is now the owner
and operator of the Price News
Stand located here on West Main
street in the John Smith Barber
Shop building.
A Lions club committee, headed
by John Ford, purchased the well
established news stand from Glenn
Lookabill Monday morning, turned
over the key to the door to Price
and presented him with an in
ventory valued at $600. $25.00 in
cash to be used for change and
the rent paid for a month in ad
vance.
In return. Price, a popular Bre
vard man who lost his sight last
fall following an accident, does
not owe the Brevard Lions club
members a single penny. The
news stand business and goodwill
have been given to him with their
compliments.
To celebrate the occasion, a
large percentage of the members
of this valuable and active local
civic organization that has aid to
the blind as one of its major pro
jects, gathered at the news stand
and presented Price with the key
and their best wishes for success
in his new business.
liThis is one of the most out
standing projects our club has
ever undertaken and we appreciate
the fine spirit of co-operation
manifested by the public,” Presi
dent E. H. McMahan said.
Most of the money used for this
project was raised by the recent
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MAN ARRESTED
DRAFT DODGING
Walter Clyde Galloway Ap
prehended In Knoxville,
Tenn., By FBI
Walter Clyde Galloway, young
Brevard man. has been arrested
by the FBI in Knoxville, Tenn.,
on charges of failure to report for
induction here last fall and for
continued evasion of the draft, it
was learned here yesterday after
noon.
Bond has been fixed at $1000
and a hearing will be held on Mav
24th.
According to information from
local officers, Galloway had been
carrying a 4-F card belonging to
his brother, Lloyd Avery Gallo
way, instead of his own 1-A.
In this way, they said, he had
secured defense jobs as an el
ectrician.
Galloway is the county’s first
registrant to be charged with
draft violation.
GLAZENER TO SPEAK
Julian A. Glazener, county
agent, will be on the program at
the Kiwanis meeting Friday night
at the Bryant House at 7 o’clock.
After the meeting the directors
will hold their regular monthly
meeting. All directors are urged
to attend.
U. S. Civil Service
Representative Will
Be Here Next Week
Herman Weinsteen, a U. S.
civil service representative, will
be in Brevard next Monday, Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday to
recruit employees for all types
of federal positions in Washing
ton, on defense work, at Pearl
Harbor and other places it was
announced today.
In addition to giving full in
formation regarding the various
positions that are now open with
the government, Mr. Weinsteen
will be in a position to sign up
workers at the time.
He will be in the commissoner’s
room at the courthouse. Many
skilled and unskilled workers are
needed at Pearl Harbor and cleric
cal workers are in great demand.