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The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53; No. 17
ONE SECTION
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1943
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY TRIPLES BOND QUOTA
Good Tourist Season For Brevard And W. N. C. Is Predicted
INQUIRIES ARE
GOOD AS USUAL
PLANS GIVEN
Florida Travel Officials Al
so Predict Good Season
In Mountains
In spite of war conditions, offi
cials of the Brevard chamber of
commerce, as v.cll as similar offi
cials in neighboring towns are of
the opinion that the tourist busi
ness in Transylvania county and
in western North Carolina will be
good this season.
“From information that we
have obtained to date, the outlook
is bright,” C. M. Douglas, presi
dent of the chamber of commerce,
said this week.
“So war we have received as
many inquiries as we have ever
gotten in previous years up to
this time,” Mrs. Ralph Fisher,
secretary, stated.
“Almost everyone who has writ
ten me said they planned to spend
two or three months here,” she
declared.
Chamber of commerce officials
in Florida also make optimistic
predictions concerning the tourist
possibilities in the mountains this
season.
A good deal of literature on
Brevard and the county has been
mailed out already and the cham
ber of commerce plans to send a
letter, together with a folder, to
every person who has been here
during the past two years.
All hotels, inns and boarding
houses are requested to get up
their lists and turn them over to
commerce officials at once.
The literature will stress the
fact that there are no defense
plants or army camps located in
this section.
Printed below are brief quota
tions from replies received from
nine officials in Florida by the
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WILL HOLD TOWN
ELECTION TUES.
No Opposition Here Or At
Rosman. Voting Expect
ed To Be Light
Town elections will be held in
Brevard and Rosman next Tues
day, but since there is no opposi
tion, it is expected that voting
will be extremely light.
Ballots will be cast at the court
house here for the Brevard elec
tion and the polls will open at 6
o’clock and clDse at 6 p. m.
The local ticket is composed
of Verne Clement for mayor; Mose
Macfie, Fred Holt, J. E. Waters,
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Hoey Will Offer
For Senate Seat
Held By Reynolds
Former Governor Clyde R.
Hoey told reporters in Raleigh
Tuesday that he would be a
candidate next year for the U.
S. senate seat now held by Rob
ert R. Reynolds of Asheville.
His announcement was phras
ed in 19 words, as follows:
“I will be a candidate for the
United States senate from North
Carolina in the Democratic pri
mary next year.”
Mr. Hoey said it was too early
to make a more elaborate state
ment but he promised to wage
a statewide campaign when the
contest gets under way.
Another development of in
terest on the political front was
the withdrawal from the race
for governor of Judge Wilson
Warlick of Newton, which left
two avowed Democratic aspir
ants for the position—state
Senator Gregg Cherry of Gas
ton and Dr. Ralph MacDonald
of Chapel Hill.
The announcement of Mr. Hoey
followed by a few days the with
drawal from the senate race of
O. Max Gardner of Shelby, a
former governor and brother-in
law of Hoey.,
Mr. Hoey was governor of the
state from 1936
65 years old.
Pretty Archers At Brevard College
In the springtime when Cupid’s victims turn to thoughts of love,
Brevard College girls learn the art of shooting bows and arrows.
Archery is one of the many courses given in the physical educa
tion department at the popular Methodist junior college here. Miss
Nancy Blanton is director and archery instructor. Students shown
in the picture above are, left to right, Jean Lindsay, Kannapolis;
Mary Frances Black, Charlotte; Mary Dunkley, Concord; Ethel
Perry, Sky V alley Farm and Virginia Blanton, Cliffside.
(Times Staff Photo)
Brevard And County Teaching
Staff For 1943-44 Will Be
About Same As Of This Year
School Committees Re-Elect
Teachers. Only Six Re
signed To Date 1
Indications are that the teach
ing staff in the public schcools of
Brevard and Transylvania county
for 1943-’44 will be practically the
same as of this year, Supt. J. B.
Jones announced today.
To date there have been only
six resignations and only two
teachers were not re-elected. Sev
eral changes have been made from
one school to another, however.
The teachers and principals
were re-elected by the district
school committees and all teach
ers must accept within 10 days
following the closing of school.
R. T. Kimzey was re-elected
principal of the Brevard high
school; J. E. Rufty principal of
the Brevard elementary school; E.
F. Tilson principal of the Rosman
high school and Miss Annie May
Patton, principal at Pisgah For
est.
The six teachers who have re
signed so far are: Mrs. Marsell
Finley Taylor, teacher in the Bre
vard elementary school; Mrs.
Marion H. English, Selica school;
Mrs. Johnsie Marie McCrary, Ros
man; Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Pleas
ants, Rosman and Miss Margaret
Combs, principal at Balsam Grove.
The complete list of teachers
who have been re - elected is as
follows:
BREVARD DISTRICT NO. 1
Brevard High School
R. T. Kimzey, principal, Miss
Earleene L. Poindexter, Mrs. Sara
K. Tilson, Mrs. Margaret M. Kim
zey, Mrs. Lucille V. Trantham,
Mrs. Cora Neil Turner, Miss Doris
Emily Whitesides, Miss Eula Mae
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NEW ORDINANCE
PROHIBITS HOC
RAISING HERE
Becomes Effective At Once.
Bowen Henderson To
Audit Town Books
An amended ordinance, prohi
biting the raising or keeping of
hogs within certain limits in the
town of Brevard, was passed Mon
day night at a special call meet
ing of the board of aldermen.
The new ordinance extends the
restricted area to include the en
tire business district and nearly
all of the residential sections
within the town limits.
The ordinance becomes effec
tive at once and officers were in
structed to enforce it.
Board members pointed out
that during recent months they
have received numerous com
plaints and a check up revealed
that hogs are now being kept in
all sections of the town.
The accounting firm of W.
Bowen Henderson, of Asheville,
was appointed to make an audit
of the town’s books for this fiscal
year. The charge for this service
is not to exceed $500.00.
This was the present board’s
last meeting as their term of of
fice expires on May 1.
Ernest Smith, of the navy, sta
tioned at Bainbridge, Md., spent
the week-end here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith.
He volunteered in the service
three months ago.
Special Musical Program Will Be
Given At Methodist Church Sunday
National Music Week, April 25
30, will be observed here with a
special program of music to be
given at the Brevard Methodist
church this Sunday evening at 8
o’clock, it has been announced by
Mrs. H. R. Bobst, president of
the Brevard Music Lovers’ club,
sponsor of the musicale.
The Brevard college choir will
assist on the program with sever
al choral numbers and solos. The
program will be under the lead
ership of Rev. W. A. Jenkins,
pastor of the Methodist church.
Pastors of the other churches will
participate on the program.
The following program will be
given: Organ Prelude; hymn by
congregation, “Day is Dying in
the West;” invocation, Rev. Harry
Perry; Scripture lesson, Rev. Ash
by Johnson; offertory; hymn,
“Come Thou Almighty Kin?-”
“Beautiful Savior;” by Christen
sen, College choir; solo, “I Walk
Today Where Jesus Walked;”
I O’Hara, Miss Jo Ann Carter;
hymn, “All Hail the Power of
Jesus Name;” “Steal Away;”
arrangement by Fred Hall, Col
lege choir; solo, “O Divine Re
deemer,” Gounod, Miss Julia
Owen? hymn, “Abide With Me;”
“Now the Day is Over,” college
choir; benediction, Rev. B. W.
Thomason. Miss Lillie Brown,
head of the college music de
partment, will be organist.
The public is invited to attend
this service.
DOROTHY DAY IS
ELECTED HEAD OF
NEW CLUB HERE
Organization Of Business
And Professional Wo
men’s Club Perfected
A business and Professional
Women’s club has been organized
here with Dr. Dorothy Day, plant
physiologist at Ecusta Paper cor
poration as president, it was an
nounced today.
Other officers of the newly
formed club are Miss Dorothy
Johnson, first vice president;
Miss Nancy Blanton, second vice
president; Miss Kathleen Ricker,
recording secretary; Mrs. Lloyd
Hughes, treasurer and Mrs. Doro
thy E. Hunter, corresponding sec
retary.
Dr. Day announced that mem
bers of standing committees will
be appointed in the near future.
The organization meeting was
held at the England Home here
with 24 present. A total of 20
women have already signed as
charter members and several
others have expressed intentions
of becoming charter members,
President Day stated.
These are Lucy Clarke, Alice
Porter, Nell Bookout, Dorothy
Singletary, Sue Wilson, Christine
Johnston, Marie Sprinkle, Mar
garet Starnes, Dorothy Day, Lita
B. Steppe, Nancy Blanton, Mary
Hughes, Barbara M. Sader, Anna
bel Teague, Dorothy E. Hunter,
Mildred Carpenter, Dorothy John
son, Katherine H. Kirk, Lily
Burch and Kathleen Ricker.
The new president, who has a
Ph D., was a professor of botany
in several universities and col
leges before coming to Brevard.
Her last teaching position was at
Smith college, Northampton,
Mass. For the past two years she
served as president of Sigma Del
ta Epsilon, national society for
graduate women in science.
Three of the other officers hold
positions at Ecusta. Miss John
son works in the chemical depart
ment. Miss Ricker is secretary to
Harry Straus and Mrs. Hunter is
a secretary.
Miss Blanton, second vice presi
dent, is athletic director at Bre
vard college and Mrs. Hughes
works for the Duke Power com
pany here.
The club will meet monthly,
probably on fourth Thursday
nights at the England home.
A membership drive will be
launched in the near future and
the club plans to do civic work.
NURSING CLASSES
TO START TORS
Red Cross Instructor To Be
Here. To Organize In
County Too
Home nursing classes in Bre
vard will start next Thursday,
May 6, and all those interested in
enrolling in these classes are
asked to notify Mrs. O. H. Orr,
chairman of this Red Cross pro
ject for Brevard. Miss Frances
Walker, of the Itinerant Home
Nursing department of the Red
Cross, will be the instructor.
Two-hour classes twice a week
to total 20 hours of instruction
will be the time limit of the train
ing course. No definite place for
the classes to meet has yet been
found, and any one knowing of
an available vacant room is asked
to see or telephone Mrs. Orr with
in the next few days. The course
is free and open to any one desir
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BEER & WINE LICENSES
EXPIRE ON MAY FIRST
Beer and wine licenses expire
on May 1, and all persons in Bre
vard and the county who wish to
continue selling the beverages
must purchase new state and
county licenses, and local dealers
have to buy town licenses.
Attention is also called to the
fact that the state law prohibits
the sale of beer and wine after
11:30 at nights, and the town or
dinance prohibits sale on Sunday
until 1 o’clock in the afternoon.
Members Of Local Order Of DeMolay .
Pictured above are a group of Brevard youths who are members
of the recently organized chapter of DeMolay. Eight of their num
ber were absent when this picture was taken. Reading from left to
right those shown in the picture are: Front row—Thomas Lipsey,
Harold Garren, Ben Thomason, Buddy Melton and Bill Duckworth;
Second row—George Simpson, Jack Patton, Edward McMahan and
John Ford; third row — Bob Gash, Charles Cantrell, Albert Reid
and Henry McDonald; fourth row—Jim Newbury, Henry McCor
mick, Arthur Jenkins and Bill Morris. (Times Staff Photo)
Officers Of Newly Formed Order
Of DeMolays Will Be Installed
Here Next Wednesday, At 8 P.M.
KELLEY SUCCEEDS
PJLLBRIGHT HERE
AS JAYCEE HEAD
Brittain Elected Vice Presi
dent. Scrap Drive Going
Over Big
Curtis Kelley, popular manager
of the Dixie store here for the
past six years, was elevated from
vice president to president of the
Brevard Junior chamber of com
merce at a meeting Monday night.
He succeeds Vernon Fulibright,
who entered military service Tues
day. Allan Brittain, a member of
the firm of B. & B. Seed and Feed
company here, was elected vice
president.
Fred Taylor reported that the
Junior Commando scrap metal
drive is making splendid progress.
To date a total of 37,000 pounds
have been turned in by the boys
and girls of the Brevard and Pis
gah Forest elementary schools,
with 25,746 pounds weighed in
here at Brevard and 11,370
pounds being weighed in here at
Brevard and 11,370 pounds at
Pisgah Forest.
Scrap is weighed in every Sat
urday afternoon on the school
grounds and the commandos are
awarded caps, sweaters and bands.
The county salvage committee dis
pose of the metal.
Mr. Taylor also announced that
there are now over 100 Junior
Commandos here and that plans
are being made to hold a parade
in the near future.
The Jaycees will resume the
weekly bingo party here Friday
night.
Miss Annabel Teague, county
home agent, is spending her vaca
tion this week at her home in
Siler City.
Bill Morris Elected Master
Councilor. Other Of- ^
ficers Announced
Officers of the newly organized
Order of DeMolay, sponsored by
the Dunn’s Rock Masonic lodge,
will be installed at a meeting here
next Wednesday night, May 5,
Lloyd Hughes, of the adivsory
council, announces. All Masons
are invited to attend.
The officers are: Bill Morris,
master; Bill Fetzer, senior coun
cilor and Henry McDonald, junior
councilor.
Gene Franklin and Bobby Mel
ton are associate scribes and John
Vassey is chapter treasurer.
The following officers have
been appointed: Ben Thomason,
senior deacon; Edward McHahan,
Jr., junior deacon; Bruce Glazen
er, chaplain; Charles Cantrell,
marshal; Bob Gash, orator; Jim
my Newbury, senior stewart;
Buddy Tankersley, junior stew
art; Bob Brannon, standard bear
er; Jack Patton, almoner; Alex
Kizer, Jr., first preceptor; George
Simpson, second preceptor; Bill
Duckworth, third perceptor; Tom
my Lipsey, fourth preceptor; Al
bert Reid, fifth preceptor; Rich
ard Nicholson, sixth preceptor
and Henry McCormick, seventh
preceptor; Arthur Jenkins, sen
tinel; Richard Nicholson, guy of
average; John Ford Godfrey dc
Gomeville and Harold Garren,
Hugh De Peralde.
Constitution and by-laws have
already been drafted and approv
ed.
The DeMolays will meet every
Wednesday night at £ o’clock in
the Masonic hah here
With the exception of the scribe
and treasurer, officers are to be
elected every four mouths. The
scribe and treasurer will be ap
pointed or elected once each year.
The local order of DeMolays
now has a membership of 26 boys.
Those between the ages of 15 and
21 are eligible to join.
Curtis Kelley To Open New Super
Market Here On East Main Street
Curtis Kelley will resign as
manager of the Dixie store here
and will open a new super market
in the building formerly occupied
by Ray and Williams grocery on
East Main street, it was learned
today. Mr. Kelly will have assoc
iated with him in a similar capac
ity A. J. Justus, who has been
market manager of the Dixie
store.
Mr. Kelley, it is understood, is
buying most of the furniture and
fixtures in the Cash and Carry
store that is closing.
Remodelling work is now under
way on the building and the new
grocery will probably be opened
within the next week. The name
of the firm will be “Cash and
Carry Super Market.”
Mr. Kelly has been manager of
the Dixie store here for the past
six years. He is active in civic af
fairs and this week was elevated
to the presidency of the Brevard
junior chamber of commerce.
$89,219 RAISED
AT RALLY HERE
TUESDAY nr
Total Purchases Ample to
Buy Bomber For Allied
Use
WAR VETERANS HEARD
Purchases of War Bonds pledged
at the Victory Rally at the local
high school building last Tuesday
evening swelled Transylvania’s
total to $339,715, or more than
three times the assigned quota of
$107,300. Each purchase made
during the evening was matched
by Harry H. Straus and the bal
ance required to buy a bomber
was raised in about ten minutes
amid frequent outbursts of ap
plause. The evening’s total sub
scriptions amounted to $89,2l9.
Edward H. McMahan, chairman
of the bond drive in Transylvania
county, presided. After a number
of selections by the Ecusta band
and invocation by Rev. B. W.
Thomason, Mr. McMahan stated
the purposes of the meeting, one
of which was to boost the county’s
pledges to $300,000. Mr. McMahan
presented R. F. Bennett, superin
tendent of Ecusta Paper corpora
tion, who introduced the presi
dent, Mr. Harry H. Straus.
Quota Too Small
Mr. Straus said he felt that the
Transylvania quota was too small
and declared that government
bonds were a gilt-edged invest
ment. It is imperative, he stated,'
that the people buy bonds to keept
Vir fddiers supplied with the invi
piements of war. Mr. Straus sai4*
that Ecusta had already made a
“substantial subscription,” but
that he would augment it by
matching all purchases made that
night.
J. S. Silversteen, president of
the Silversteen Industries, was
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SALE OF EASTER
SEALS CONTINUED
Material Late In Arriving*
Request Is Made For
All Reports
Because of the late arrival of
material, the sale of Easter seals
in Brevard and Transylvania is
still under way, Chairman Jerry
Jerome announces.
Mrs. C. Y. Patton reported that
the school campaign has closed,
but that some of the principals
have not made reports yet. Pis
gah Forest was the first school to
report. A total of $19.57 worth
of seals were sold there, and $9.00
were turned in by the Brevard
colored school.
Stamps have been mailed out
to 500 persons, with the request
that the seals be used on outgoing
mail and that $1.00 be mailed to
Treasurer Donald Lee Moore.
“If you wish to make a larger
investment in this humanitarian
work, shares of happiness certi
ficates are available in $5, $10,
$25 and $50 denominations,” the
letter from Mr. Jerome stated.
Money raised from the sale is
used for the care and treatment
of crippled children. The coun
ty’s goal this year is $300.
Everyone is urged to contri
bute.
Rahn Is Reported
Missing In Action
On African Front
Corporal Herman P. Rahn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hahn,
of near Brevard, has been mltn
ing in action in the North Af
frican campaign since March
28, it was learned here today.
Corporal Rahn enlisted in
October, 1940, a few months af
ter his graduation from Brevard
high school. He was station
ed at Fort Bragg until he was
sent to North Africa last fall.
He was serving in the infantry
and his parents are hopeful of
getting further word from him
in the near future.
His brother, Wilbur, plans
to enter service on May 20th.