The Transylvania Times
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County
Vol. 53; No. 26
★ SECTION TWO ★
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1943
★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Transylvania County Receives State-Wide Publicity
BREVARD NOW HAS
RED CROSS WORKER
IN NORTHAFRlCA
Miss Emma M. Deavor Ar
rived Safely And Will
Work In Area
Emma M. Deavor, American
Red Cross staff assistant whose
safe arrival in North Africa was
announced today, is a former res
ident of Brevard. She graduated
from Brevard high school and Bre
vard College. Subsequently she
became a teacher at Hoyle’s sec
retarial school, Raleigh, N. C.
She worked also as a secretary in
the home office of the Durham
Life Insurance Company and prior
to going overseas she was assist
ant supervisor of correspondence
in the promotion section. Officers
Branch, Adjutant Generals Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Two other North Carolinians
and several from the nation also
arrived in North Africa with Miss
Deavor. They will work in hos
pitals and in metropolitan centers
of the war area. The Red Cross
already has a large staff there.
She is the daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Deavor, of
Brevard.
Brevard Girl Scouts
Enjoy Week At Camp
Forty-three Girl Scouts return
ed to their homes in Brevard last
Sunday afternoon, after a week
spent at Camp Illahee in a varied
program of enjoyable activities.
Among the camp activities of
the week were included: swim
ming twice daily, canoeing in the
evenings, horseback riding every
other day, arts and crafts, games
and singing, square dance Satur
day night, mid-summer festival
with Indian and Norwegian folk
dances, stories, songs and games,
campfire one evening, picnic sup
per and hike, movies at Illahee
ene evening, Scout service Sun
day, and a talk by Mrs. Frank
Frost.
The week’s camp was made pos
sible for the girls through a recent
drive for funds made by the Girl
Scout council, and through part
payment of camp fees by each
girl. Mrs. Nathan McMinn, lead
er of the Brownies, accompanied
the girls to Illahee for the week.
Three Ecusta Victory Gardeners Are Hard At Work
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Following Uncle Sam’s timely suggestion of “Weed ’Em and Reap,” shown above are three of
the star gardeners patriotically working like real farmers. The man with the hoe is Bob Kappers.
Pushing with the plow in the center is Walter Straus and pulling up weeds with his hands at the
left is Dr. Ward Harrison. This trio has one of the finest gardens at Ecusta and they really deserve
to have this honor. Their firm is known as the Straus Kappers-Harrison Garden Syndicate, Inc., and
none of the officers are “bosses"—they are all workers!—(Cut Courtesy of Echo.)
Edna Earle Nanney
Elected President
Of Ecusta’s Chorus
Edna Earle Nanney was elected
president of Ecusta Chorus at an
organization meeting held during
rehearsal of the Chorus, Wednes
day night, June 23rd. Other of
ficers elected were as follows,
Leon English, vice president, and
Lucille Roberts, secretary-treasur
er.
An executive committee was set
up which included in addition to
the newly elected officers, Howard
Wilkie, Odell Scott, Gerald Grosse
and Mary Sue Thorne, committee
members and John Eversman, di
rector and Mary Glass accompanist.
It was decided at this meeting
that regular rehearsals would be
held each week on Wednesday
evenings. All employees of Ecusta
are welcome.
WHIP DETERIORATION
WITH TIMELY REPAIRS
Any machine deteriorates with use. Parts will wear
out . . . will break from continued strain. New parts
for machines are now difficult or impossible to get.
Many of them we can make as good as new by weld
ing. Don’t throw away a broken part until you con
sult us. We are prepared to travel reasonable distances
to do work of this kind.
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AUSTIN HOGSED, Owner
PURE OIL PRODUCTS
Phone 2
Rosman, N. C.
Some Fathers Will Be Called For
Service Before Supply Of Single
& Childless Married Men Is Used
Fathers In Non-Deferrable
Or Non-Essential Jobs
May Be Called
RALEIGH. June 30 — While it
is true that fathers generally will
not be called for military service
until the supply of single and
childless married men is exhaust
ed, there are three exceptions to
that policy, it was pointed out to
day by General J. Van B. Metts,
state director of selective service.
The exceptions are:
1. Men who have become fathers
since September 14, 1942.
2. Registrants engaged in non
deferrable activities or occupa
tions. The \Var Manpower com
mission has designated certain ac
tivities and occupations as non
deferrable, General Metts explain
ed, and fathers in these non-de
ferrable activities and occupations
may be classified as 1-A and se
lected for service.
3. Registrants who have been
classified as essential farmers,
but who have left the farms on
which they were found to be es
sential without first obtaining per
mission of their local boards to do
so.
Men in the last two groups are
subject to selection for service,
regardless of number of children
or the dates of their birth, Gen
eral Metts said.
Allen Preached At
Enon Church Sun.
BY N. L. PONDER
Penrose Correspondent
Charles Allen, of Brevard, oc
cupied the pulpit at Enon church
Sunday for the pastor, Rev. W. S.
Price who was in revival services
at Glady Branch.
Enon folks attended the sing
ing convention at Turkey Creek
Sunday afternoon and asked for
the next convention to come to
Enon on the fourth Sunday in
July.
Bad luck came to two of our
good neighbors last week. Weaver
Brown lost a good horse from a
broken leg and Frank Case lost
a cow from poisoning.
There has been a kind of epi
demic of summer sickness about
Penrose the past few days.
Mrs. Geraldine Luther and son
Bruce, who have been in Balti
more for some time are visiting
Mrs. Luther’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. H. Holliday.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad McClure,
of Brevard, were Penrose visitors
Sunday.
Bill Owenby, of the army train
ing service, is visiting his father,
V. M. Owenby of Enon.
Everett Pitillo is another of the
boys who has to go to army camp.
He leaves a wife and baby, the
wife being an employee at Ecusta.
Mrs. N. L. Ponder is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. D. J. Hendricks,
Jr., and young granddaughter.
Blantyre Club Met
With Mrs. L. Gash
BY MRS. ADA REED
Staff Correspondent
The Blantyre home demonstra
tion club met with Mrs. Lee Gash
Tuesday of last week. Miss Teague
gave an interesting demonstration
on canning and talked on other
ways of home preservation of food.
Mrs. E. H. Jones, formerly of
Rivermont Farm here but who is
making her home in Kentucky
now, visited relatives here lhst
week.
Mrs. Lee Gash is not so well at
present.
Mrs. Ada Morgan and family
attended a birthday dinner given
in honor of Mrs. Morgan’s mother,
Mrs. Smith, at the latter’s home
—Turn To Page Twelve
Area Girl Scout Camp Is Now
Filled To Capacity; Miss Lutie
Neese Is Director This Season
Oakland Postmaster
Reported Quite 111
By Mrs. Lee Norton
Elzie Cash, our new Oakland
postmaster, is reported to be hav
ing serious trouble with his afflict
ed leg, and it is feared amputa
tion will be necessary.
Herbert Hall is able to be out
again after two weeks of illness.
Rev. Roland Robinson and Rev.
S. B. McCall visited Mr. E. D.
Reid Sunday and reported the
elderly gentleman to be very
feeble but cheerful.
Weaver Taylor, of West Ashe
ville. and a party of friends spent
Sunday here with I. S. Sanders.
They were on a fishing trip.
E. A. Reid was in Asheville Sat
urday to consult his physician. He
has been taking treatment from a
specialist for several months.
Robert Clore and I. S. Sanders
were Asheville visitors on Satur
day.
Rev. S. B. McCall, of Lake Tox
away, was dinner guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Chappell and attend
ed the cottage prayer service Sun
day night.
Betty Nicholson, of Rosman, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Maggie Nicholson, this week.
Rev. Mr. Morgan, of Middle
Fork, will preach at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Reid next
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Cot
tage prayer service will be at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Chap
pell Sunday night.
Mrs. Weaver Taylor and daugh
ters, Sybil Jo and Nannie Sue, of
West Asheville, spent the week
end with Mrs. I. S. Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McCall visit
ed the former’s sister, Mrs. Emma
Posie, at Mills River last Sunday.
Mrs. Posie, who had been quite
ill, was reported to be improving.
Those in charge of the work of
cleaning the walls of Lake Toxa
vvay Baptist church in prepara
tion for painting, request that
those who will help with the work
be at the church next Saturday
morning.
The five young ladies baptized
in Toxaway river last Sunday
were Misses Frances, Pauline and
Perline (twins) Thomas and Miss
Dicie Redman. Rev. S. B. McCall,
pastor, did the baptizing.
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ITItMTi Hli COMPANY
Names Of Other Staff Mem
bers Announced. Already
Booked For Season
Camp Cateechee, which open
ed last week, is now filled to ca
pacity with girl scouts from Green
ville, Columbia and Spai'tanburg,
S. C., and Charlotte, N. C., coun
cils, it was learned today. Camp
Cateechee is an area girl scout
camp and will be open for eight
weeks.
Miss Lutie Neese, of G.S.C.W.,
Milledgeville, Ga., is camp direc
tor. This is her first year at Camp
Cateechee, but she has directed
numerous camps. Among them are
Camp Shirley Rogers, Winston
Salem, and Camp Juliette Low,
Cloudland, Georgia.
Miss Edythe Saylor, Alabama
College, is business manager.
Working under Miss Neese are
three unit heads. They are Miss
Janette Gore, Waxhaw, N. C.;
Miss Nancy Ragland, Atlanta, Ga.,
and Miss Ruth Adams, Carters
ville, Georgia. The dietitian for
the summer is Miss Virginia Park
er, Atlanta. Heading the water
front staff is Mrs. Alice Dent
Brodie, Greenville, S. C.
The camp’s eight-week season
is divided into periods of two
weeks each. Girls come from the
four cities in the area and also
from others outside of the area.
Registrations have been so num
erous that the camp is filled to
capacity for the entire season.
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HAS A SIX-PACE
SECTION IN THE
STATE MAGAZINE
Features 3,000-Word Illus
trated Article Written
By Ed M. Anderson
Transylvania county recently re
ceived some fine state wide pub
licity through THE STATE maga
zine.
This interesting publication,
which has a large circulation, car
ried a six-page section on the coun
ty, featuring a 3.000 word article,
pictures and advertisements.
The article was written by Ed
Anderson and is beipg reprinted
below. It was entitled “What In
dustry has Done in the Develop
ment and Progress of Transylvania
County.” Here it is:
Transylvania county is one of
the foremost industrial counties in
Western North Carolina and its
industries, as well as everything
else in the county, have really gone
to war.
For many years, Transylvania
has been noted as a tourist and
educational center, as a mecca for
boy and girl summer camps, as a
leading agricultural and lumber
ing section and as a paradise for
hunting and fishing.
But today Transylvania is highly
industrialized and these industries
are contributing a great deal to.
the nation’s total war effort.
Men in uniforms are wearing
shoes manufactured from leather
made in the county. They are pi
loting planes and ships made of
lumber from its forests and saw
mills. They are wearing clothes
woven from thread that was spun
in Transylvania. They are smok
ing cigarettes whose paper was
made in Transylvania and pipes
that were cut out of ivy and laurel
burls in the county. Many of the
nation's women in uniforms are
wearing hose manufactured in
Transylvania!
So there they are—leather, lum
ber, thread, cigarette paper, pipes
—Turn To Page Fifteen
We All Have A Part In This War
ST. SGT. C. W. FISHER
Let’s back the boys who
are fighting for us!
St. Sgt. C. W. Fisher vol
unteered in the service three
years ago and has been over
seas in England about a year.
He is in the parachute rig
ger service. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Fisher,
of Calvert, Texas formerly oi
Transylvania county, and the
grandson of Mrs. Lee Nor
ton, of Oakland.
Federal Depone Insurance Cor*
pomion, an agency at the United
States Goarcrnmcnt. protects etch
depositor against Ion on his dr
posits to a maximum of $9,000.
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