Vol. 53; No. 21
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1943
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ECUSTA ADOPTS 48-HOUR WEEK
Forty-Eight To Graduate From Brevard College Monday
SERMON SUNDAY
MORNING, FINALS
AT COLLEGE MON
Alumni Banquet Saturday
Night, With Judge Bob
bitt Chief Speaker
BILLUPS TOASTMASTER
Annual commencement exercises
at Brevard college will open Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock when
Rev. James B. McLarty, pastor of
the First Methodist church of Bel
mont, will deliver the baccalureate
sermon at the First Methodist
church in Brevard.
The graduation address will be
delivered by Dr. Hiram T. Hunter,
president of Western Carolina
Teachers college, in the college
auditorium Monday morning at 11
o’clock and diplomas will be pre
sented to the 48 graduates by
President E. J. Coltrane..
The Brevard college annual
alumni banquet will be held in
the dining room at the college
this Saturday night, starting at 7
o’clock. Judge William Bobbitt, of
Charlotte, will be the principal
speaker and Dr. E. P. Billups,
pastor of the First Methodist
church in Canton, will preside.
Over 200 persons are expected to
attend the banquet.
Commencement marshals are
Mildred Elyna Eller, chief; Jessie
Anna Potts, Opal Ruppe, Annette
Caroline Huskamp, Grace Marion
Dooley anJ Marjorie Ezzelle.
Candidates for graduation on
May 31 are Gilreath Adams, Char
lotte; Mamie Addington, Franklin;
Mary Addington, Franklin; Grov
er Arvey, Franklin; Ernest Ban
ner, Burnsville; Elsie Barnhill,
Enfield; Conley Bradley, Franklin;
Pat Brinkley, Sanford; Louise
Burnette, Scaly; Gladys Burnette,
Scaly; John Frank Crawford, Ho
nea Path, S. C.; Julia Cutchin, Nor
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JAYCEES TO HOLD
DANCES & “SINGS”
Entertainments To Be Start
ed Latter Part Of June.
Met Tuesday
Street dances and community
sings will be held here again this
summer by the Brevard Junior
chamber of commerce for the
benefit of the tourists, it was de
cided at a Jaycee meeting held
at the Pierce-Moore hotel Tuesday
night.
The street dances and sings are
to be held weekly and will be
started the latter part of June.
The dances will probably be staged
every Monday night and the sings
on Thursday nights.
Eben Morrow was appointed
chairman of a committee to work
out full details.
These programs have been pro
moted by the Jaycees here for
the past two seasons and both of
them have proven to be very pop
ular.
W. J. Velsor, field representa
tive of the Food Distribution ad
ministration, made a short talk at
the meeting.
Fred Taylor gave a report on
the Junior Commando scrap drive.
Employment Service
Changes Its Schedule
Because of the increased
amount of work involved in
carrying out provisions of the
state and federal employment
order, representatives of the
state and federal employment
service will be in Brevard three
days each week instead of just
two, Carl Buckhanan, manager
of the Hendersonville office, an
nounced today.
The change becomes effective
next Monday. The new schedule
is: a representative will be at
the courthouse here on Tuesday
and Saturday afternoons from 3
until 5 o’clock and on Thurs
days from 10 until 4:30 o’clock.
All workers who desire to
transfer from one essential to
another essential industry must
obtain statements of availability
from the employer or from this
office.
Camp lllahee Opens In June
And Will Remain Open Four*
Months Instead Of Just Two
Mrs. Kathryn Curtis, Direc
tor, Announces Camp’s
Staff For Season
Camp Illahee for giris will be
open four months this summer
instead of the usual eight weeks,
in order to meet the increasing
demand that children be removed
from crowded centers while their
parents are absorbed in war work,
it was announced today.
Mrs. Kathryn Curtis, director,
announces pre - camp and post
camp periods in June and Sep
tember, with informal programs
of swimming, hiking, riding. Full
registration is in hand for the
regular camp season opening July
1 and closing August 27, with girls
and counselors from fourteen
states east of the Mississippi River,
from Massachusetts to Florida.
The following staff is announced
by Mrs. Curtis:
Miss Treva Tilley, Brevard, and
Mrs. Frank G. Frost, New Orleans,
La., associate directors; Miss Anna
Schute, Birmingham, Ala., and
Miss Mary Ellis, New York City,
registered nurses; Mrs. Z. M.
Netherton, Asheville, dietitian;
Mrs. A. W. Norman, Clemson, S.
C., and Miss Emma Major, Ander
son, S. C., water front directors,
assisted by Miss Roberta Arrow
smith, Jacksonville, Fla., and Miss
Jean Evans, Clemson, S. C.
Mrs. Thomas Dye, Chattanooga,
Tenn., equitation; assisted by Mr.
John Hawkins, Shelby; Misses
Anne and Frances Coleman, Ashe
ville, and Miss Ronnie Nobel, In
dianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. J. B. Chis
holm, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs.
Archie Bland, New Orleans, La.,
advanced first aid.
Mrs. Margaret Lee Maaske,
Chapel Hill, and Mrs. E. Scott
Barr, New Orleans, La., music,
dancing, and dramatics; Miss Eliza
beth Ellison, Greenville, S. C.,
arts and crafts; Mrs. Betty War
ner, New Orleans, La., and Mrs.
Sigurd Fogelberg, Mobile, Ala.,
music and art appreciation; Miss
Anice Galphin, Greenville, S. C.,
and Miss Janet Green, Columbus,
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Applications For
Pressure Cookers
Being Accepted
Transylvania county has been
alloted a liberal quota of new
pressure cookers and applications
for these cookers are now being
accepted at the AAA office here
in the courthouse and at the home
demonstration agent’s office, Miss
Annabel Teague announced today.
All applications for these cook
ers must be in by June 15, she
said.
Local dealers, it is stated, will
have supplies of pressure cookers
in the near future.
Miss Teague emphasized the im
portance of pressure cookers in
the canning program.
27 TRANSYLVANIA
MEN WILL ENTER
MILITARY SERVICE
One Large Group Leaves
Today At 11 O’clock And
Two Groups Tomorrow
Twenty-seven Transylvania men
will leave here today and tomor
row to enter training at Fort
Bragg and five men will leave for
Naval training tomorrow morn
ing, it was announced yesterday
by the draft board.
These men were examined and
inducted at Camp Croft last Thurs
day and Friday. Of 59 who were
sent then, several men who passed
went immediately into active ser
vice.
Leaving here this morning at 11
o’clock will be John R. Goldsmith,
Karl H. Straus, Lawrence R. Owen,
acting corporal, William D. Ellen
burg, Wade M. Scroggs, Ray
Johnson, William C. Wilkie,
George L. Osteen, James K. Mills,
Horace H. Blythe, Harry V. Tins
ley, William S. Tolley, Jr., Ben
jamin F. Walker, Albert M. Isreal,
Lloyd H. Compton, Lensy C. San
ders, Elbert E. Fraser, Jr., Calvin
C. Scott, John P. Summey, Bur
gin M. Hamilton and Lamar Ham
ilton.
Five men will leave Friday morn
ing at 11 o’clock for Fort Bragg.
They are James E. Smith, man
ager of Belk’s store, Harold L.
Meyer, William F. Wilson, James
A. Goings, and Willie W. Broom.
William W. Albert, of Pisgah For
est, passed examinations and was
accepted for air corps service, but
will have to await a call.
Five men who joined the Navy
and will leave Friday morning at
6 o’clock are Arnold Lee Montieth,
Vance J. Evans, Frazier Glenn
Sentelle, Kyle Elie Galloway and
Richard Stuart Tinsley.
Melvin Gillespie, register of
deeds, was given a 30-day exten
sion and was not sent with this
group.
Motorists Are Urged
To Voluntarily Stop
Non-Essential Driving
The non-essential driving ban
was not placed on the states of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida and the only
way the people in these states
can keep the restrictions from be
ing clamped down on them is by
voluntarily eliminating all non
essential driving, OPA officials
have pointed out here.
The gasoline situation in Vir
ginia and on up through the New
England states is critical and ev
ery local motorist is urged to re
frain voluntarily from all non-es
sential driving, it is pointed out.
Transylvania County Food Advisory
Committee Formed Here Tues. Night
Transylvania county food dis
tributors and other interested in
dividuals formed a county-wide
food advisory committee at a
meeting held here in the court
house Tuesday night.
The purpose of this committee,
as explained by W. J. Velsor, of
Asheville, Western North Carolina
representative who assisted in the
organization of the committee, is
to deal with the food situation by
taking action on a county-wide
basis within the food distribution
industry and for correlating facts
regarding food shortages and sur
pluses to be sent every week to
Hillman Moody, state supervisor,
food distribution administration,
Raleigh.
Harry R. Sellers was elected
chairman of the Transylvania com
mittee; Curtis Kelley, vice chair
man and Mrs. Thelma Fisher, sec
retary. Other members of the com
mittee include Willis Brittain, C.
M. Douglas, James C. Gaither, G.
H. Farley, Julian Glazener, Mrs.
Clyde Hamilton, H. T. McDaniel,
Mrs. Oliver Orr, Harry Patton, T.
R. Parrish, Herbert Schain, W.
Paul Tindall and Walter McNeely.
Others will be added to the com
mittee from time to time.
An executive committee, com
posed of Julian Glazener, Willis
Brittain, H. T. McDaniel, Walter
McNeely, Harry Patton and Her
bert Schain, was chosen to meet
when it is deemed necessary to
review reports from committee
members on the food situation in
Transylvania county, and these
reports will be transmitted to
Raleigh every week.
Should a food shortage develop
the committee will attempt to
solve the problem within the coun
ty and if that is impossible, ef
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BREVARD GIRL SCOUTS AND THEIR LEADERS
Shown above are nearly all of Brevard’s 81 Girl Scouts and their leaders. The picture was made
in front of the courthouse here following a big parade. The 10 posters show the various activities
of. Girl Scouting. These were given by Dad Herbert. (Photo by Austin.)
BREVARD COLLEGE
WILL GIVE HIGH
SCHOOL TRAINING
Accel erated, Streamlined
Course Offered. Summer
School Opens June 7
In keeping with emergency
wartime educational needs, Bre
vard college is inaugurating a
pre-college program for high
school students and a twelve-week
summer school for these students
will open on Monday, June 7,
President E. J. Coltrane announc
ed today.
High school students who have
completed sophomore or junior
class requirements, or who have
at least eight high school credits,
will be admitted provided the pre
vious record indicates ability to
measure up to the requirements
of the college’s accelerated pre
college program, Dr. Coltrane
said.
“Students who enter on June
7 and take the intensified pro
gram can complete three units of
work by August 28,’’ he explained.
In inaugurating this pre-col
lege training, Dr. Coltrane said
the main purpose is to provide as
much education as possible for
young men and women of high
school age who might in the near
future enter military service or
defense work. “This program of
fers a real opportunity to those
boys and girls whose education
might be interrupted by war ser
vice,” he said.
The same general policy will be
continued in a special semester
that will start next September 6.
Between that date and January
19, 1944, it will be possible for
students to complete five addi
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GARDEN PROGRAM
GOING FORWARD
State College Specialist
Highly Commends Town
And County At Meet
The Victory Garden program in
Brevard and Transylvania county
is progressing splendidly, accord
ing to reports submitted at a
meeting of the garden committee
held at the farm agents office
here last Saturday.
H. R. Niswonger, extension
horticulturist at State College,
highly commended the town and
county.
Willis Brittain, manager of the
B & B Feed and Seed store here,
said that his firm had sold twice
as many garden seed this year
as ever before.
The garden season this year,
Mr. Niswonger stated, is about
two or three weeks late all over
the state.
He emphasized the importance
of good cultivation and the control
of insects.
Right now, he said, the Mexi
can bean beetles, cabbage and
squash beetles should be taken
care of, otherwise they will do a
lot of damage. _
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Memorial Service Will Be
Held Sunday Night; Eight
O’Clock At Baptist Church
WAR RATION BOOK
3 APPLICATIONS
ARE DISTRIBUTED
Must Be Filled Out By One
Member Of Family And
Returned By June 10
Applications for War Ration
Book 3, which are being distrib
uted by the post offices, should be
filled out and mailed to the OPA
Mailing Center, Charlotte, N. C.,
on or before June 10, it is stated.
The blanket distribution of the
application forms to the public
was started through the post of
fices last Thursday and will be
continued through June 5. Fam
ilies that failed to get them should
call at the general delivery window
and ask for a blank.
It is emphasized that only one
application blank should be filled
out by any one family, with all
names of the family group on the
one application.
Persons filling out the applica
tions are urged to see that com
plete and correct information is
given. Attention is also called to
the fact that all applications must
be signed in handwriting by the
person authorized to rceive the
families’ allotment of ration
books. Attention is also called to
the fact that each application must
have a three cent stamp.
Starting around June 20 and
continuing through July 21, War
Ration Books 3 will be mailed
back to all persons making appli
cation.
Legion To Present Citations
To Families Of Boys Died
In Present War
A Memorial Day service, honor
ing especially the five Transyl
vania county men who have lost
their lives while in service in the
present war and other Americans
who made the supreme sacrifice
in previous conflicts, will be held
at the First Baptist church here
Sunday evening, May 30, at 8 o’
clock, William Wallis, commander
of the local post of the American
Legion, announced yesterday.
Legion Gold Star citations will
be presented to the families of
these Transylvania men, who are:
Albert Tuttle Kilpatrick, Richard
J. Enloe, Lewis Earl Jackson,
Charles Mull, Jr. and Hinton Scott
McLeod. Revs. B. W. Thomason
and W. A. Jenkins, local ministers,
will be in charge of the service
with Mr. Jenkins delivering the
memorial address. The general
public is invited and all veterans
are urged to attend. The Rev.
Harry Perry will also participate.
These citations are handsome
tokens suitable for framing. They
bear the signatures of Roane War
ing, national commander, and
Frank E. Samuel, national adju
tant. The text recites that they
are presented as an “emblem of
devotion to the highest duty of
citizenship” and it concludes, “this
death occurred in order that
others might live.”
Lt. Robert F. Johnston, of the
army air force, Fort Bliss, Texas,
is spending a few days’ furlough
here with his wife ?t the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Yongue.
Four Churches In Brevard To Start
Vacation Bible Schools Next Monday
Vacation Bible schools will be
conducted by four churches of
Brevard, beginning next Monday
morning and continuing for a
period of 10 days to two weeks,
it has been announced by the pas
tors of the different churches.
The Presbyterians and Episco
palians will combine in one school
to be held at the Presbyterian
church. The school will be in ses
sion five days a week from 9 in
the morning until noon, and will
be under the leadership of the
Presbyterian pastor, Rev. Ashby
Johnson, and Mrs. Johnson. It will
close June 11th.
The program each morning will
be divided into a well-balanced
session, including worship, study,
play and self-expression activities.
Boys and girls from 5 through 14
will comprise the three depart
mental age groups—primary, jun
ior and intermediate. Each group
activities will include studying,
Bible stories, memory work, hand
i
work, drawing, sewing, woodwork,
dramatics, advanced Bible study,
outdoor and indoor recreation and
catechism drills.
Associated with Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson on the teaching staff will
be the following: Mrs. J. W. Smith,
general secretary; primary group,
Miss Julia Wood, principal, Bar
bara Bobst, Mrs. C. L. Newland,
Mrs. Herbert Finck, Betty Finck,
and Mrs. Jerry Jerome; juniors,
Miss Louise Brown, Anna Rathje,
Betty Combs, Mrs. Paul Baker and
Emily Feaster; intermediates, Mr.
Johnson, Mrs. E. L. Happ, Mrs.
Lehman Kapp and Alfred Neu
mann.
The Baptist Bible school will be
under the leadership of the pas
tor, Rev. B. W. Thomason, and
will continue for two weeks, be
ginning each morning, Monday
through Friday, at 9 and closing
at 11:30. There will be four de
partmental age groups—begin
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NEW SCHEDULE
TO BE ADOPTED
NEXT MONDAY
Most Of Silversteen Indus
tries Are Already On
48-Hour Schedules
Starting next Monday, the
Ecusta Paper corporation will
change from a 42-hour to a 48
hour work schedule in practically
all departments, President Harry
Straus announced this week.
“In adopting this new work
schedule we are following the or
ders of President Roosevelt and
the War Manpower Commission,
which is empowered with regula
ting labor schedules,” Mr. Straus
said.
“Our plant is not located in a
so-called ‘critical’ area where the
48-hour week is mandatory, but
the government recommends that
industries all over the country
should adopt it,” he explained.
Mr. Straus also pointed out that
each employee who works 48
hours will receive pay for 52 hours,
or time and a half for the 8 hours
over 40.
“By order of the OPA, the sales
price of the finished cigarette pa
per to our customers cannot be
increased,” he said. “The extra
cost of the 48-hour work week will
increase our payrolls to a sub
stantial percentage. We are pre
pared to absorb this extra burden,
but ely on i employees, with in
creased efiiciency, to help carry
part of the extra load.”
A check-up of other Transyl
vania county industries reveals
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TO HOLD SINGING
CONVENTION SUN.
Will Be Held At The Court
house, Starting at 10 o’
clock. Public Invited
The regular fifth Sunday sing
ing convention will be held at the
courthouse here Sunday, May 30,
beginning at 10 a. m., according
to an announcement made by W.
L. Harmon, president.
The affair will last all day and
promoters of the event expect to
make it an outstanding occasion
with many prominent singers in at
tendance. Brevard merchants and
business men have cooperated by
providing a fund with which to
defray the cost of a dinner for
all singers.
The following groups have
promised to attend and take part
on the program:
The Friendly Five and Carolina
Quartet, of Asheville; Vep Ellis
and Church of God Quartet, of
Greenville; Duke sisters and other
singers from Hendersonville; Rob
erts family from Asheville; Canton
Quartet; Smith Quartet, from An
derson. All singers in Transyl
vania county are expected to at
tend and take part.
The public is cordially invited to
attend, Mr. Harmon stated. Glenn
Winchester is vice president of
the convention.
Validity Of Blue
Stamps Extended
To relieve retailers from an
“end-of-the-month” buying rush,
the time during which blue stamps
G, H, and J (processed foods) in
War Ration Book 2 may be used
by consumers, has been extended
one week, the local rationing board
announced yesterday.
Instead of expiring on May 31,
as previously announced by OPA,
blue stamps G, H, and J will be
good through June 7. The next
three sets of blue stamps in book
2, K, L, and M—totaling 48 points,
became valid for buying processed
foods last Monday, and instead of
expiring at the end of June, they
will continue to be good through
July 7.
This means that blue stamps G,
H, and J, which will be valid
throughout May, as well as K,
L, and M stamps—the June series
—will all be valid during a two
week “overlap” period from May
24 to June 7.