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Hearty Welcome To Faculty Members And Students Of American Red Cross Aquatic School
The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53; No. 23
ONE SECTION
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1943
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Twenty Canning Schools To Be Held This Month in Transylvania
VOLUNTEERS TO
HEP, SCHEDULE
FOR JUNE GIVEN
Successful Canning Is Big
Part Of The Food Con
servation Program
ANNOUNCE WORKERS
Several canning schools have
already been held in Transylvania
and plans for conducting at least
20 more of these demonstration
schools during this month were
announced today by Miss Annabel
Teague.
A number of trained persons in
the community have volunteered
their service in an all-out food
conservation program which is
sponsored by the state Civilian
Defense council and those who
will assist in this county include
Mrs. Edwin Happ, Mrs. Elma
Goodeli, Miss Edna Nesbitt, Miss
Madge Rhyne, Mrs. Julian Glaze
ner, Mrs. B. W. Thomason, Mrs.
Bill Bridges. Mrs. AleX Kizer, Mrs.
H. P. Vannah, Mrs. Perry Cheek
and Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson,
Miss Teague stated. Two colored
persons have offered to help and
they are Mrs. C. H. Hemphill and
Mrs. M. L. Bailey.
Schools will be held at the fol
lowing places and time. Any in
terested persons are invited to
10 START STREET
DANCES JUNE 21
Will Be Held Every Monday
Night In Front Of School
By Local Clubs
Starting on Monday night, June
21, and continuing on a weekly
basis throughout the summer
months, street dances will be held
here in front of the Brevard high
school under the sponsorship of
the Brevard Jaycees and the De
Molays, it was decided at a meet
ing of the Jaycees on Tuesday
night at the home of Lloyd Hughes.
The dances will start at 7:30
o’clock and last until 11 o’clock.
Music will be furnished by Rhett
Talley and his band. Ed Morrow
is in charge of the dancing.
Charges will be the same as of
last year, 10 cents per couple per
dance.
Plans are also being made to
start community sings in the near
future. Fred Taylor and Howard
Schmidt are in charge.
The Jaycees decided to close the
junior commando scrap drive on
Saturday, June 26, for the summer
months.
That afternoon the closing will
feature a parade of the junior
commandos through the business
section here and the boys will
also be given a theatre party, Fred
Taylor states.
To date the commandos have
collected around 52,000 pounds of
scrap.
County Health Nurse
Is Now Back On Job
The county health nurse has
returned to work after an event
ful three months leave of ab
sence during which time she
received a diploma in public
health nursing and a title of
“Mrs.”
The efficient and popular
county nurse is no longer “Miss
Jessie Alexander,” but the full
name is now Mrs. Jessie Alexan
der Lollis or Mrs. Paul Lollis.
Her husband is now in service
and was formerly with Fiske
Carter Construction company.
While away Mrs. Lollis took
training at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and at William and Mary col
lege.
“Yes, I’m glad to be back on
the job,” Mrs. Lollis said.
National Red Cross Acquatic
School Opens With Enrollment
Of 150; No Pageant This Year
New Lion President
JACK TRANTHAM, promi
nent Brevard merchant, has
been elected president of the
Brevard Lions club for the en
suing year.
JACK TRANTHAM
MADE PRESIDENT
OF LOCAL LIONS
Retiring Official To Give Re
sume Of Year’s Activities
At Next Meeting
Jack Trantham, prominent local
merchant, was unanimously elect
ed president of the Brevard Lions
club at the regular meeting held
last Thursday evening at the Bry
ant house. He succeeds Ed H.
McMahan, who held the position
for a year.
Others chosen without opposi
tion at the same time were: first
vice president, D. J. Luther; sec
ond vice president, Burt Loomis;
third vice president, G. W. Livelv;
secretary and treasurer, J. I.
Ayers; Lion tamer, Lloyd Hughes;
tail twister, Alex Patterson; two
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Another Carload Of
Feed Wheat Received
Another car of seed wheat has
been received here and farmers
may obtain their allotments. The
wheat will be stored in the bins
near the B & B store.
Because the present allocations
are nearly exhausted, the govern
ment is discontinuing sales for
the federally-owned wheat to be
used for livestock and poultry
feed, except in emergency cases,
T. J. Wilson states. Transylvania
farmers have received about 6,000
bushels of the wheat. The price
now is $1.09.
Faculty Composed of 2 8
Members. More Students
To Enroll Today
The twentieth annual National
Red Cross Aquatic school opened
yesterday at Camp Carolina with
an enrollment of approximately
150 students from 15 southern and
eastern states and with one stud
ent from Parana, Brazil.
Harry Kenning, director of the
school, is expecting at least 25
more students to enroll today and
this number will bring the total
registration up to the average for
the past 10 years.
The school's faculty is composed
of 28 members and the courses of
instruction have been altered some
what to fit wartime emergency
training needs in accident pre
vention. first aid and in water
front activities, including swim
ming, diving and canoeing.
“We are placing special stress
on home, farm and industry ac
cident prevention to reduce the
loss of manhours,” Director Ken
ning said. And the water instruc
tion is designed to fit the needs
of a nation at war, he explained.
To conserve power and because
of materials involved, no water
pageant will be given this year.
However, an acquade will be fea
tured and the public will be invit
ed to see this colorful event. As
yet, though, no date has been set.
States represented by students
who have already registered in
clude the Carolines, Virginias, Geor
gia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama,
Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
Alfio Vieria is from Brazil.
National instructors of promi
nence are included in the faculty.
Charles E. Mix, of Anderson, S.
C., is assistant director of the
school. Wally Van Carson, assistant
national director of Red Cross
canoeing, will serve as an instruc
tor and give demonstrations. Dr.
Ira Mevins, National Red Cross
director of home and farm ac
cident prevention, will attend the
school.
Other instructors are: T. C.
McDaniel, of the National staff
who will teach first aid; Sam
Jones, national staff, first aid
and lifesaving instructor; Emil
Lewis, national staff, swimming
and lifesaving instructor; Charles
Russell, national staff, canoeing
and lifesaving: Dr. W. J. Fenton,
national staff, co-ordinator; D. C.
Duncan, Bluefield, W. Va., nation
al safety director, first aid and
accident prevention; Jaime Johns
ton, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., swim
ming; Louise Stuhr, Charleston, S.
G., lifesaving; J. H. Allen, Jackson
ville, Fla., first aid; Frank Cul
vern, Charlotte, first aid; Godfrey
Novotny, Philadelphia, Pa., first
aid, lifesaving, swimming; Alice
Cheesman, Atlanta, Ga., lifesaving
and canoeing; Dr. Hubert Plaster,
Shelby, boating; Kenneth Wooten,
Wilmington, lifesaving; Clarice
Conner, Charleston, W. Va., life
saving; Frances Cake, Rock Hill,
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Two-Day Tonsil Clinic To Be Held
Brevard School Tuesday, Wednesday
A two-day, county-wide tonsil
clinic, sponsored by the Transyl
vania county health department,
will be held at the Brevard ele
mentary school next Tuesday and
Wednesday with Dr. W. E. Brack
ett, of Hendersonville, in charge
of operations. Dr. Sisk, health of
ficer, will also assist in conduct
ing the clinic.
Parents who wish to have their
children attend this clinic should
file applications at once at the
health department office here.
Approval of family physician is
alos required.
The cost of having children’s
tonsils removed at the clinic is
only $7.50.
Twenty-five cases per day can
be handled and the health depart
ment will have adequate facilities
at the school for taking care
of the children overnight. Several
county nurses in the district will
assist Mrs. Jessie Alexander Lol
lis with nursing at the clinic.
This is an annual event and at
least 50 are expected to take ad
vantage of the opportunity of
fered.
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FIVE TRANSYLVANIA BROTHERS NOW IN SERVICE
Shown above are the five sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Smith, of Route 2, Brevard, who are now
serving their country. Three of them are in the army and two in the navy. Reading from left to
right, they are:
JAMES HAROLD SMITH, second class seaman, enlisted in the navy last February. He was sent
to Bainbrige, Md., for boot training and then to Norfolk, Va. He is 17.
JAMES MITCHELL SMITH, age 24, enlisted in the army in January, 1941. Took training at Fort
Jackson and Ft. Benning, Ga., and is now at Camp Rucker, Ala. He is a second class cook.
PFC. MACK LEE SMITH, age 19, enlisted in January, 1941, and was sent to Fort Jackson where
he stayed for two years. He is now in England. He is married and has one child.
PFC. CHARLES L^ DAY SMITH, age 21, entered service last September. He took training at
Fort Jackson and Camp Wheeler and is now at a camp in Maine where he is taking jungle train
ing. He is married and has one child.
CHARLES LLOYD SMITH, age 26, enlisted in the navy Nov. 1, 1942 and went to Norfolk for his
initial training and is still there. He is a machinist. He is married and has one child.
WILLIAM WALLIS
IS RE-ELECTED
TO HEAD LEGION
Other Officers Are Also Re
elected. Delegates To
Convention Chosen
At a meeting of the Monroe
Wilson post of the American Le
gion Tuesday night, William J.
Wallis was re-elected commander
of the post and highly commended
for the fine leadership he has
given during the past year.
Other officers were also re-elect
ed and are as follows:
Jennings B. Pettit, vice com
mander; J. M. Gaines, adjutant and
finance officer; J. A. Crisp, service
and child welfare officer; Chief
Freeman, guardianship officer;
Howard Wyatt, sergeant-at-arms;
James W. Garren, assistant serge
ant and graves registration officer;
Rev. B. W. Thomason, chaplain
and Americanism officer and chair
man of the Sons of the Legion;
Ralph Fisher, historian; Thomas
H. Allen, employment officer; Ja
son Huggins, boys state officer
and F. Brown Carr, membership
chairman.
The following delegates were
appointed to attend the 25th. an
nual convention to be held at
Charlotte on June 21 and 22: How
ard Wyatt, Ralph Fisher, Verne
Clement, Lamar Lewis, F. B. Carr,
John McKelvey, Carl Hardin,
James W. Garren, S. C. Fisher
and Frank King.
The post now has a high mem
bership of 88 members.
$936 IS RAISED
BREVARD’S GIRL
SCOUT CAMPAIGN
Drive Was Greater Success
Than Anticipated. Pic
nic Is Given
A grand total of $936.83 were
raised during the finance drive of
the Brevard Girl Scout council,
which has just closed, Mrs. Keith
Pooser, commissioner and Mrs.
Ashe Macfie, chairman of the
drive, announced today.
This amount was nearly double
the $500 goal that was set in the
beginning and will enable the
council to expand its activities a
great deal during the next twelve
months, the Scout leaders said.
“Among other things, we hope
to have from 40 to 50 girls in
camp and to organize new troops,”
they stated.
“We are delighted with the ex
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Sale Of Beer On Sunday In
County is Prohibited By An
Order County Commissioners
CHIEF SMITH SAYS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
NEEDS NEW TRUCK
Urges Town Board To Buy
Another Truck And More
Equipment Now
The Brevard Fire department
should have another truck, more
hose and other firefighting equip
ment, Chief John Smith told mem
bers of the town board last Mon
day night.
During the past 15 or 20 years
Brevard has been extremely for
tunate in not having a major fire,
Chief Smith said, and warned that
if a serious fire were to break out
the town’s present equipment is
not adequate.
He said that he could purchase
a truck and make a modem fire
fighter of it for around $3,000.
The boani agreed to give the
suggestion consideration and also
agreed to purchase at once 300
feet of hose.
Alderman Mose Macfie was elect
ed as mayor pro tem, and Harold
E. Norwood, who is already town
electrical inspector, was also ap
pointed as building inspector, suc
ceeding the late E. C. Henderson.
At the suggestion of J. M.
Gaines, manager of the Duke Pow
er company, the board voted to
have guards constructed in front
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To Become Effective July 1.
Board Is Now Consider
ing New Budget
Starting July 1 it will be unlaw
ful to sell beer in Transylvania
county, except inside of the cor
porate limits of towns, from 11:30
o’clock on Saturday nights until
7 o’clock the following Monday
mornings.
At their regular meeting Monday,
the commissioners passed a reso
lution, banning Sunday beer sales.
The resolution is as follows:
“Whereas the 1943 General As
sembly of North Carolina provid
ed that the county may regulate
the sale of beer between the
hours of 11:30 p. m. on Saturday
until 7 a. m. on the following
Monday.
“Now, therefore, be it resolved:
“That from and after the first
day of July, 1943, it shall be un
lawful for any person, firm or cor
poration to sell or offer for sale
any beer in Transylvania county
from 11:30 on each Saturday night
until 7 o’clock the following Mon
day morning.
“That this resolution shall be
in full force and effect in all por
tions of Transylvania county not
embraced in the corporate limits
of any municipality therein.”
Most of the departments of the
county government submitted es
timated budget requirements for
the ensuing fiscal year and these
are now being studied by the com
missioners. One or more meetings
are expected to be held during
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War Bond Staff To Push Sale Of
Stamps & Payroll Deduction Plan
The month of June has been
designated as payroll allotment
month by the national treasury and
the county war savings staff has
also agreed to push and stress the
sale of stamps during June, Chair
man E. H. McMahan announces.
A meeting of the staff was held
at the courthouse here last night
and final plans were outlined.
Mr. McMahan announced that
the June bond quota is $45,150.
Last month the Rosman post of
fice had a record sales, totalling
$1,237.50.
In line with national plans, it
was agreed that merchants, in
dustries and other employers will
be contacted this month and urged
to get all employees to join the
payroll deduction program.
Members of the Women’s Civ
ic club will help promote the sale
of stamps and plans for other co
operative organizations were dis
cussed. It has been suggested that
some organisation solicit the sale
of stamps at the various boy and
girl summer camps in the county.
A special request to all employ
ees to join the payroll allotment
plan has been issued by Mr. Mor
genthau.
COUNTY, TOWN
BOARDS ASKED
TO CO-OPERATE
Representatives of Woman’s
Civic Club Appeared
Before Boards
NEED IS STRESSED
Representatives of the Woman’s
Civic club here appeared before
the county commissioners and the
Brevard board of aldermen Mon
day, stressed the need for a town
and county library and asked both
governing bodies to appropriate
$200 each so that such a library
might be established.
Mrs. Oliver Orr, president of
the club and Mrs. H. R. Bobst,
chairman of the club’s education
al committee, appeared before the
commissioners Monday afternoon
and Mrs. Bobst met with the town
fathers that night.
They pointed out that the UDC
has given the town and county
a splendid library service since
1913 and that this service could
be greatly expanded by con
verting the facilities of the library
into a combination town and coun
ty institution, free for public use.
By doing this, they said, the
county Can receive $1,100 during
the next year from a special state
library appropriation.
The club representatives agreed
that if the town and county would
participate, their organization
would assume the res per ability
of raising additional funds fr* m
private contributions.
“Our county should have a
free public library, equipped with
thousands of good books of all
kinds,” one of them said.
They also emphasized the fact
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ANNUAL W.M.U. TO
MEET HERE TODAY
Mrs. J. S. Farmer And Miss
Bertha Smith To Speak.
100 To Attend
Plans have been completed for
the annual meeting of the Wo
men’s Missionary Union, which
will be held at the Brevard Second
Baptist church today, beginning
this morning at 10:30 o’clock and
continuing through the afternoon
session, according to an announce
ment of the superintendent, Mrs.
J. A. Anderson. It is expected that
around 100 persons from the 15
churches of the Baptist associa
tion will be in attendance.
Mrs. J. S. Farmer, of Raleigh,
state W. M. U. president, will be
the principal speaker. Miss Bertha
Smith, a returned missionary from
China, will be the main speaker
of the afternoon session. The pro
gram theme for the day is “Christ
Pre-eminent.”
An interesting program has
been prepared for both morning
and afternoon sessions, which will
be participated in by representa
tives of different churches of the
association.
Urges Observance Of
Flag Week In County
Commander William J. Wallis,
of the American Legion post
here, today urged all citizens
in Brevard and the county to
observe Flag Week, which start
ed Tuesday and ends next Mon
day, by displaying flags on all
public buildings, in front of
business establishments and,
whenever possible, in front of
homes.
“This year we need to do
more than celebrate our flag
birthday,” he said. “We must
also show our love for country.
Let’s resolve to do even more
to hasten victory so that freedom
will live and our boys return
home.”
Mayor Verne Clement also en
dorsed the Commander’s sugges
tions. ,