The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
ONE SECTION
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1943
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PLEAD GUILTY TO
NEGLECT OF DUTY
, IN PUBLIC OFFICE
[rwal of Criminal Cases
^Completed Yesterday.
\Trying Civil Cases
TO r\ * ISH THIS WEEK
I
PJ *j guilty to neglect of du
ty i, f. » m office, Spalding Mc
Intor, t \i, r clerk of the Tran
sylvan u ‘jnimty superior court,
wak eij, Tuesday afternoon
by e yf , i,k Alley to pay the
cost of £ou, and judgment was
contin>\£d or good behavior.
During tii December term of
superior c< i’t here, McIntosh
^plead guih ' to charges of em
bezzlment olving around $3.
000, and ju< ment was continued
until the arch-April term of
t urt.
Following i full settlement of
'ebtc ir.ess to the county
is individuals, the de
iendan ( . ad guilty today to
charges of u gleet of duty in
public office i two counts.”
Mr. McIntosh, s attorneys point
ed out that thi bondi company
had made full aymen t Janu
ary of the alleged i tedness
and that the d» endan made
satisfactory arraugemt for re
payment to the bondir.- mpany,
in the form of notes a deed
of trust.
The March-April term ot court,
which opened Monday is expected
to adjourn today or tomorrow.
Trial of criminal cases was com
pleted yesterday.
Coy Judd Greer, Douglas Hen
derson, Arnold Bracken, and Wil
liam Hunt were all fined $50.00
and cost on charges of drunk
driving and their drivers licenses
were revoked.
John Perry Cheek was taxed
$100 and cost on a similar charge,
while Charles Brown, .vho is said
to be suffering with tuberculosis
and who has a wife and children
to support, wras taxed S:'5 00 for
drunk driving.
Everett Little, charged with be
ing drunk and reckless driving,
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ECUSTA BAND TO
—£IVE A CONCERT
Varied Progfram To Be Pre
sented At\Brevard High
School April 10th.
The Ecusta BVnd, one of the
outstanding musical organizations
in this section of the state, will
give a concert at the I'r* n1 ■
high school on Saturday
April 10, starting at Bo >ck.
The Ecusta Paper corporation is!
extending a cordial invitation to j
all employees and to the public to!
attend this free concert.
The concert will feature special
numbers by the band and violin
solos by John Eversman, accom
panied by Mary Glass.
Under the direction of Mi
Eversman, the Ecusta band has
made much progress. Playing in
it are a number of fine musicians
Besides being a band director,
Mr. Eversman is a noted violinist
and imitructor. He has given con
certs throughout the country an *
his concert here early last
attracted a large crowd.
Caution Is Issued
By Casoline Board
Charles Davis, chairman of thf
county gasoline committee, toda\
cautioned motorists that the}
may have to do grocery shopping
on way to and from work.
“We are being cut still fur
ther on gasoline regulations he
; said. “A man with an A care
may use it as he pleases, but those
with Bs and Cs must use some
of their A book for occupations
purposes.”
All farmers who want gasoline
must first apply to their com
mimity AAA committee. The ap
plication is then presented to the
count/ farm transportation com
mittee and then to the counts
committee.
County’s Red Cross Drive Has
Gone ’Over The Top’ By Nearly
$2000; May Lead Entire State
Avid Times Reader
Sergt. Robert J. Huggins, 21,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jason Hug
gins of Brevard takes a little
time out from his duties at
Camp Tyson, Tenn., to find out
via the Transylvania Times what
is happening back home. He en
listed in the army in February,
1942, at Fort Bragg and was
assigned to the balloon barrage
service at Camp Tyson, where
he has been ever since. After
being there for a few months,
he was sent to a school where
he specialized in a study of gas
es used in balloons.
WILL BURY MRS.
GEORGE ORR TODAY
Funeral Services For Well
Known Selica Woman To
Be Held At 3 O’clock
Funeral service will be held
this afternoon at 3 o’clock for
Mrs. George Orr, 47, who died at
her home in the Selica section
early Wednesday morning follow
ing an illness of several months.
The service will be held at the
Oak Grove Methodist church in
North Brevard, conducted by Rev.
W. H. Whitlock. Interment will
be in the church cemetery.
Surviving are the husband and
five children, Mrs. James Butler
and Mrs. Ralph Meece, of Rosman,
Eugene, Harold and Joan, of Sel
ica.
Mrs. Orr was a native of Tran
sylvania county and had lived here
all of her life. She was a member
of the Cathey’s Creek Methodist
church.
Moore-Trantham funeral home
ad charge of arrangements.
T. Leslie Coleman has returned
i- Brooklyn, N. Y., where he is
maritime service, after a 14
| Coy furlough here with his moth
jer Mrs. Susie S. Coleman.
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Ecusta Employes Give $2100
and This Amount is Match
ed By Management
“Over the top, thanks to a lot
of people who believe in the great
good of the American Red Cross!”
was the jubilant story told The
Times as it went to press Wed
nesday afternoon.
“I’ve just come back from the
Ecusta plant where the employes
had contributed a grand total of
$2,103.79, and the management
matched the employes’ fund to the
penny, making a total of $4,207.58
in one place,” said Chairman C.
M. Douglas, who was a happy
man.
“With a quota of $5,400.00 we
were never afraid of going to our
people for the Red Cross,” said
the chairman and Chapter Leader
Jerry Jerome, “and with the fine
response from the one group at
Ecusta we have gone far beyond
anything we ever dreamed of.”
Transylvania county chapter
bids fair to lead any and all other
counties in the state, a prelimin
ary check up of reports from oth
er sections showed Wednesday.
The drive will continue through
this week in all sections of the
county in an effort to bring the
outside-of-Ecusta donations to the
$3,500.00 mark. Any persons or
groups who have not made their
contributions are asked to leave
same at the office of Chairman
Douglas, The Times, Chief Free
man, or Jerry Jerome.
“We must have $229.47 more to
make our $3,500.00,” the leaders
said Wednesday,” .and we believe
the folks will give it,” they de
clared.
Large contributors so far have
been the Ecusta plant with $4,
207.58; Silversteen Industries with
$701.00; Wheeler Hosiery with
$207.00; Pisgah Mills with $136.50;
Carr Lumber with $134.65, and
other sizeable donations from
firms and individuals, including
the greatest response ever had
from all schools, and exceptional
ly fine work done by Home De
monstration and 4-H clubs.
Beginning Thursday night Na
tional Theatre Week for the Red
Cross will be held locally by man
agement of the theatres and Girl
Scouts, and with other contribu
tions expected, the $3,500,00 goal
which will put Transylvania in
the banner class will have been
attained.
ROCKBROOK WORKROOM
HOURS TO BE CHANGED
Effective next Tuesday the
schedule of the Rockbrook Red
Cross surgical dressing workroom
has been changed and the new
schedule is as follows: Tuesday
afternoons, 1 to 5; Friday nights,
7:30 to 10 and Sunday afternoons,
2 to 5. Work at the shop is pro
gressing nicely and other volun
teer workers are invited.
vhycees To Sponsor Junior Commando
I Scrap Metal Drive Soon In County
Pasg:
I the
Junior Commando Scrap cam
for the boys and girls o£
•Tevard and Pisgah Forest
?ioine»tary schools will be laun
Ci; ' J,'ay under the sponsorship
■ th Brevard Junior Chamber
® fi erce, President Vernon
r u ;hr hi announces.
. r|' ampaign is set up along
m’ taip, lines, gj[ving notary ra
tings to school children and the
fj”ings ' are determined by
tne number of pounds of scrap
metal an, tin cans turned in.
i omdage and Ranks
3nn giris who bring in 25
will r ’ Wi iUalify as privates and
v receive attractive arm bands
signifying raik. Those who bring
l5 P,TtSZm get Private fiSt
dass arm bands; 100 pounds, cor
pordl bands, 40 pounds sergeant
bands and 3«0 pounds, master
sergeant bands.
To qualify as commission of
ficers, still greater amounts of
scrap must be turned in and all
commissioned officers will receive
free sweaters and blue caps. The
poundage and rank are as follows:
second lieutenants, 500 pounds;
first lieutenants, 750 pounds; cap
tains, 1000 pounds; majors, 1500
pounds; lieutenant, colonels, 2000
pounds and colonels, 2,500
pounds.
For each additional 500 pounds,
in excess of 2,500 pounds, the
Junior Commando is awarded a
service stripe for his or her swea
ter. The poundage is accumula
tive.
To Collect On Saturdays
Attention is called to the fact
that scrap is to be turned in on]
—Ttea To Thm Sis]
Lorient, France, After Big Air Attacks By Allied Bombers
AMERICAN AND BRITISH BOMBING ATTACKS on the Nazi sub base at Lorient, France, have
left their mark on the city. This photo, published in a German-controlled magazine, shows some of
the buildings wrecked ‘by the Allied blitzing. Damage to the submarine pens is not mentioned by the
Nazis. According to the French caption, the people in the foreground are said to be evacuees.
(International)
STORES PLAN TO
CLOSE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON HERE
Move Is Being^Made To Give
Employees Time To Raise
Victory Gardens
In order that their managers
and employees may have time to
devote to raising Victory Gardens,
practically all of the stores in
Brevard are planning to join the
grocery stores and close every
Thursday afternoon according to
an agreement that was signed up
this week.
The agreed specified that the
stores would close at 1 o’clock on
Thursdays, and that it would be
come effective today.
Yesterday, however, several
merchants suggested that the ef
fective date be extended until next
Thursday in order to give the pub
lic advance notice.
Those signing the agreement
include: Roses 5 and 10, Schul
man’s, Winners, Plummers, Pat
tersons, United Variety stores,
Brevard Sample store, Simpson’s
Barber shop, Varners Drug store,
j Murphy Barber shop, Abercrom
! bie Furniture co., Smith’s Barber
shop, McFee Jewelry, Wolf Radio
service, Parsons Jewelry, Quality
Beauty Shop, McBrides 5 and 10,
! Trantham’s, Longs Drug store,
! Ruth’s Beauty shop, Austin’s Stu
dio, Blue Bonnett Beauty shop,
Farmers Supply Co., Bradleys,
Nickel Bargain house and Wards
Barber shop.
Cafes and service stations are
expected to remain open and the
drug stores have not definitely de
cided about their plans.
Full announcement will be
made next week.
THOMAS IN TOWN TUESDAY
Robert Thomas, former Brevard
attorney and civic leader who vol
unteered for service some time
ago, was in town Tuesday on a
short visit. Mr. Thomas is doing
special work for the War depart
ment and makes his headquarters
at Baltimore, Md.
To Start A First
Aid Class Tuesday
A First Aid class will be started
next Tuesday night at 7 o’clock
in the upstairs lobby of the Waiter
mire hotel, with Mrs. W. F. Short,
as instructor.
It will be a standard 20-hour
course, and any one interested is
invited to join the class. The
text books may be obtained from
A. H. Kizer at the city hall. De
finite plans for the time of meet
ing and other plans will be dis
cussed Tuesday night. The course
is free.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR PAR?
BY BUYING WAR BONDS AND
STAMPS EVERYDAY DAY?
Richard Norton Has Taken Part
In 10 Major Engagements On An
Aircraft Carrier In The Pacific
CANCER CONTROL
CAMPAIGN TO BE
SPONSORED SOON
Public Asked To Enroll In
Fight Against Disease.
Sponsored By Club
The Cancer Control campaign
in the county, sponsored each year
by the Brevard Fortnightly club,
will get underway early this month
and continue through the remain
der of the month, it was announc
ed yeesterday by Mrs. B. D.
Franklin, campaign chairman.
It is expected that the various
women’s clubs and other civic and
religious organizations will co
operate in making the drive this
year as successful as it has been
in previous years.
“No blackout ever equalled the
darkness of a life doomed by can
cer. Like a pestilence, this dread
ed disease steals through the
darkness of ignorance claiming in
the United States over 150,000
persons last year,” it is stated.
“Cancer is no respector of persons,
no one can buy immunity. Knowl
edge is the beacon light illuminat
ing the great darkness—it is our
self defense,” are facts of warn
ing and information given out by
the North Carolina division of the
American Society for the Control
of Cancer.
Any individual or organization
desiring to enroll a dollar mem
bership in this worthy cause is
asked to get in touch with Mrs,
Franklin.
e and Two Other Brothers
In Navy At Home Here
On Furloughs
fflRichard Norton, 22-year-old son
t>1 Mr and Mrs. Felix Norton, of
Brevard, a first class petty officer
and machinist mate in the Navy,
has already participated in 10
major naval engagements and
raids in the Pacific against the
Japs and was sent on one special
mission.
It is believed that he has seen
more action since Pearl Harbor
than any other man in the armed
forces from this section of the
state.
When the Japs struck at Pearl
Harbor, Norton was stationed
there, but fortunately for him
his crew and aircraft carrier, he
had been sent to a special mission
to Wake Island. The carrier left
Pearl Harbor on November 28
1941, and was scheduled to re
turn on December 7th., the same
day of the treacherous attack.
“Because of a very high wind
our ship was delayed a day en
route and we did not get back tc
Pearl Harbor until the day the
Japs delivered their mighty
blows,” he told a Times reporter
this week. “A ship that was an
chored in our docks was knocked
out of commission and turned
over on its side,” he said.
From that hour until he landed
at California on February 21, of
this year, Norton saw action al
most continuously from one side
of the vast Pacific to the other.
“Our carrier has taken part in
every major battle in the Pacific
except two and we were in the
thick of action for fourteen
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Times Bowling Team Clinches First
Place In Try-City League This Week
Winning three games from
Sealtest bowlers Tuesday assured
The Times bowling team of win
ning first place in the Tri-City
League at Asheville.
The strong local team is lead
ing the league by five games and
the season closes next week when
the final only one more set of
matches will be played.
To date the Times team has
won 59 games and lost 28, while
the nearest competitor, the Army
store, has won 54 games and lost
33.
Tuesday Reynolds scored 545
points, Dunne 588, Jerome 459,
Straus 495 and Bridges 588. Total
games with Reynolds scoring 530
points, Jerome 529, Kappers 577,
Straus 541 and Bridges 495. Total
2672.
The Standings
Teams Won Lost
THE TIMES _ 59 28
Army Store _ 54 33
Candler Transfer_ 46 41
Sealtest _ 42 45
Baker Packing__ 37 50
R. C. Cola_ 23 64
KIWANIS CLUB TO MEET
The Brevard Kiwanis club will
meet Friday night at 7 o’clock: at
the Bryant House. The program
committee has charge of the pro
meeting the club
MAKE STUDY OF
COUNTY’S LAND
USE PLANNING
Spent Short Time In County
Farm Agent’s Office. On
Tour of Country
LEFT FOR KNOXVILLE
A small group of Russian army
engineers who are on a tour of
the United States making a study
of hydro meteorological services,
visited Brevard yesterday after
noon and spent some time in the
Transylvania farm agent's office
here going over the county’s pro
gram of water control, preven
tion of soil erosion, demonstration
farming and land-use planning.
The Soviet officials were ac
companied by Major Alexander
Brown, of the U. S. army air
force headquarters in Washing
ton; Merrill Bernard, of the U.
S. Weather Bureau in Washing
ton and by TV A officials.
Heading the Russian engineers
on the tour in this section are
Major Mark G. Lvovich and Maj
or Francis N. Arnoldy.
Transylvania was selected for
the visit because this county was
one of the first counties in West
ern North Carolina to make a com
plete water and erosion control
and land-use planning survey.
Julian A. Glazener, county
.^at, explained maps, charts and
Th® J&ussisf' engineers have al
ready traveled 4.000 miles in the
eastern states and following a
tour of this section they plan to
go out to the Pacific coast.
From here they went to Hay
wood county en route to Knox
ville, and in Haywood they plan
ned to visit some of the improved
farms in the Pigeon River water
shed area.
Among the attendants with the
group were A. S. Fry, water con
trol planning engineer of the
TVA; James Smallshaw, of the
TVA in Knoxville; Bryan Collins,
of Asheville, farm management
supervisor of the TVA in this area
and F. R. Farnham, district farm
agent for Western North Caro
lina.
which his office has
Elielng, the past three
PLANS TO FORM
CUBBING PROGRAM
ARE ANNOUNCED
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Series of Meetings For In- ^
terested Parents To Be
Held Here
The first of a series of three
meetings for parents of boys aged
9 to 12 who may care to join the
cubbing movement of the Boy
Scouts of America will be held at
the city hall next Wednesday eve
ning, April 7, at 8 o’clock, accord
ing to Frank Kerber, county chair
man. The object of the meetings
is to enlist the active interest of
the parents in cubbing and to
form dens in various parts of the
county.
The object of cubbing is to
give boys:
Chances to play games, perform
stunts, engage in handicrafts and
hobbies in the home and back
yard.
Chances to do things for others.
—Torn To Page Seven
Large Still Found
And Man Arrested
A large 6(K gallon boiler moon
shine still and 800 gallons of beer
and one of the operators were
captured last week end in the
Old Toxaway section by Sheriff
Hayes, Deputy Brown and Police
man John Dills.
The still was in full operation
when the officers took charge and
Sam Morgan, of that section, was
arrested and is now undf
bond, pending trial in
term of superior court.
The illicit outfit,