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Progress Is Being Made In Establishment Of A Public Library For Town 6* County Town And County Agree To Contribute. UDC Members Also Interested Splendid progress is being made in the movement to establish a free public library for Brevard and Transylvania county, it was learn ed today. The county commissioners and the town board of aldermen have tentatively agreed to contribute $160 each this year to the library and to serve as sponsoring agency, together with the co-operation of the Women’s Civic club and other organizations that might be in terested in helping to establish a modern, well equipped public library. Mrs. Oliver H. Orr, president of the civic club and Mrs. H. R. Bobst, chairman of the club’s edu cational committee, have taken the leadership in the movement which has also had the editorial support of this newspaper. At a meeting of the Transyl vania chapter of the U. D. C., spon sors of the library here for the past 30 years, it was agreed that the chapter would be glad to co operate with any effort to improve the library and its service to the community. If the U. D. C. can be assured that the library will become a pub lic institution and that it will be improved, sentiment among members was to turn the owner ship and operation of their lib rary over to the town and county. By establishing a public library, the institution could receive $1,100 a year from the state library fund. It is proposed that the Women’s Civic club will conduct a cam paign to raise additional funds bv private subscription, that a certified librarian will be obtain ed and a library board appointed. Mrs. Orr told The Times this week that Mrs. Lehman Kapp. of Brevard, who is an experienced, certified librarian, has agreed to assist. Mrs. Kapp served as a librarian at George Peaboby col lege at Nashville and helped es tablish the Ecusta library. It is understood that the assis tance of Miss Marjorie Beale, state librarian, will be requested to assist in working out a program of operation. Mrs. Orr also told The Times that the matter will be discussed at length at the next meeting of the civic club. AVERY REPORTED SAFE James L. Avery, FC third class, of the U. S. Navy, has been re ported safe on the destroyer USS Strong, which was lost in the Southwest Pacific. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Avery, of Pisgah Forest, parents of the navy man. received the message regard ing their son’s safety. FARMERS -FROM PAGE ONE sales will be credited to the Tran sylvania county quota. Last year the bond and stamp sales were suc cessful and started many rural people to buying them who had not bought before. There will be a two hour lunch and recreation period. Many fami lies will bring picnic lunches to spread on the school lawn. The Federation will furnish lemonade and watermelon for everyone. Also there will be a lunch counter where plate lunches and sand wiches may be obtained. During the lunch hour there will be athle tic contests for young and old, and prizes will be awarded the win ners. At 2 o’clock Rev. Dumont Clarke, religious director of the Federa tion, will discuss the Lord’s Acre movement. Then will come choir singing and other musical num bers and entertainment features. To the best choir present, a com plete set of song books will be awarded. The best quartette will receive a $5.00 prize and the sec ond place quartette prize will be $3.00. Other prizes will be $5.00 for the person bringing the largest truckload and $3.00 and $2.00 for the second and third largest loads. Prizes are offered for the largest family present, for the most recent marriages with bride and groom present, for the person who has walked fartherest to the picnic, and for the most bald-headed man present. A grand prize will be given to the immediate family who has most members in military service, counting fathers, sons, wives, and daughters. Newton Spoke At W. O. W. Meeting T. E. Newton, state manager of the Woodmen of the World, was the principal speaker at a special meeting of the Rosman W. O. W.. Tuesday night, honoring the camp’s 26 members who are now in ser vice. Mr. Newton suggested several ways by which the camp and the community could honor all men in service and told about the ac tivities of the W. O. W. to help win the war. A. B. Galloway, district man ager. also spoke. L. B. McLean, counsel commander, presided. Fol lowing the meeting a chicken supper was enjoyed. Pork quotas for local slaughter ers in July are 85 percent of the amount they slaughtered in the corresponding month of 1941. COURT CALENDAR FOR TRIAL OF CIVIL CASES TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JULY TERM 1943 Wednesday, July 28th 2077—Duncan vs. Duncan (On over Protest) 2099—Oliver vs. Oliver 2103—Harkins vs. Harkins 2106— Merrill vs. Merrill 2107— Feaster vs. Feaster 2108— Morris vs. Morris 2105—Singletary vs. Singletary 2112— Conley vs. Conley 2113— Owenby vs. Owenby 2117—Kyle vs. Kyle Brown vs. Owen MOTIONS Ramsey vs. Town of Rosman NEW ARMY PLANE INSIGNIA HERE IS THE OFFICIAL Army Air Force insignia that will now be used on all planes. The present white star on a field of blue is retained. A white rectangle has been added on either side of the field of blue, and the whole design is enclosed in a red border. (International) Bond Chairman Issues Urgent Appeal Today Chairman E. H. McMahan to day issued an urgent appeal for every one in Brevard and Tran sylvania county to buy war bonds this month. “It now appears that we are going to fall down on our quota this month unless we all buy bonds between now and July 31,” he said. “We must not fall down!” LEGION MEMBERS ENDORSE CHEST 15-Minute Period At Each Meeting To Be Devoted To Ritual Study Members of Monroe Wilson post of the American legion, at a meet ing held Tuesday evening, endors ed the proposed community chest and pledged their support to the movement, according to J. M. Gaines, adjutant. The hour of meeting was chang ed at that time from 8:00 until 8:30 p. m„ and meetings will last from the latter hour until 9:30 p. m., he stated. It was agreed at subsequent meetings to devote a 15-minute period to a study of the ritual for conducting funerals and other ser vices, and Mr. Gaines urged that a large ratio of the members par ticipate in this study in order that they might become thoroughly versed in it. LAKE TOXAWAY By Mrs. H. D. Lee The upper district singing con vention was held at Lake Toxaway Baptist church Sunday afternoon. The convention will be held at Middle Fork church the third Sun day afternoon in August. Joseph Stokley Wilde. Jr., en tered the navy a few weeks ago. ind is not stationed at Great Lakes, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Verner Hall and little daughter, who have been in Norfolk, Va., for some time, where Mr. Hall has had employment in the shipyard, returned last week to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Hall also had as their guest last week end his sister, Mrs. Fannie McCoy, of Franklin. Jerry Cleveland, a member of the coast guard at Charleston, S. C„ is visiting his wife and mother in-law, Mrs. Lyda Raines, at their home near here. Mrs. Thomas Lee and daughter, Jerrie, who have been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dean, at Woodruff, S. C., returned home Monday. They were accompanied by her parents and brother, Bobby, who will spend a few days visit ing here. Fred Owen, who has employ ment in Norfolk, Va., spent last week with his family here. He returned Saturday to Norfolk, and was accompanied by Mrs. Edward Johnson, who will spend several days visiting her husband who is in the U. S. navy, stationed at Norfolk. Oscar McCall, of Mobile, Ala., is visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. S. B. McCall. Sgt. James Harold Jones, of Bradiey Field. Conn., is spending a ten-day furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Jones. Joseph Drozd, who has been a patient of the Veterans Hospital, Mountain Home, Tenn., for several weeks, has returned home. B' >0 | VICTORY I V ON THE | HOME FRONT ( N^ws From Home Demonstration Clubs i And Women's Activities ! 0....... d SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS Monday, July 26th—Visiting. Tuesday, July 27th—Blantyre Home Demonstration club will meet with Mrs. Annie Moore at 2:00 p. m. Wednesday, July 28th — East Fork Home Demonstration club will meet with Mrs. Clyde Hub bard at 2:00 p. m. Thursday, July 29th — County council meeting at 2:30 p. m. in County Agent’s office. Friday, July 30th — Visiting. Saturday, July 31st — Office. Rationing Officials Visited Local Board The importance of having active members of rationing boards and for boards to be properly organi zed and functioning efficiently was stressed by James J. Kilroy, of Charlotte, OPA district organizing officer; Roy E. Turner, field ra tioning representative of Charlotte and Ralph W. Walls, of Asheville, area field officer. In many counties the rationing program is not going forward as it should because of lack of organi zation on the part of board mem bers, it was indicated. Office clerks have important tasks to perform, but it is highly essential for board members to do their part in the proper way, it was stated. Service on the rationing board is a patriotic duty and should be performed with efficiency. A re organization of boards in certain sections of the state has been underway for some time. County Will Have Two More Teachers For the ensuing school year, Transylvania county has been al lotted two extra teachers, Supt. J. B. Jones announces. Rosman elementary school will get one additional teacher and the Rosenwald school here will have another teacher. The allotment is made on the basis of 6 teachers for the first 180 students and 1 teacher more for each additional 35 students in high school and 1 for each additional 36 students in elementary schools. This year the county will have a total of 83 teachers. OLD TOXAWAY Pvt. Watha Powell returned to his camp in California last Satur day after visiting relatives and friends here. Pvt. Oscar Aiken, of Camp White, Oregon, is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tyra Aiken, and family in the Shoal Creek section. Mrs. Zerk Morgan, who has been seriously ill at her home here, is reported to be slowly improving. Misses Myrtle Aiken and Mil dred Chapman were Brevard visi tors last Friday. Mrs. Elford Chapman is visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Chapman and family in East Fork. JENKINS SPOKE TO LIONS CLUB Explained “Why Nations Fight” And Stressed Value Of Winning Peace “Why Nations Fight” was the subject of a scholarly address made by Rev. W. A. Jenkins at the regular meeting of the Lions club at the Bryant house last Thursday evening Mr. Jenkins discussed the nature of war and traced its development in history from the first tribal conflicts. He emphatically rejected the theory that fighting is due to any inherent instinct. It results, he said, from certain stimuli. When individuals are angered or see their interests endangered they will fight. Similarly when nations are wrought up or see their in terests jeopardized, they will fight. To curb the tendency to war, Mr. Jenkins contended, it will be necessary for the victors in the present conflict to associate them selves together to maintain peace. A close supervision must be main tained over what he described as “bandit nations,” which seek to obtain by force what they cannot get by honest means. “There are hopeful signs that there will be such an alliance when the present fighting ends,” Mr. Jenkins said. When World War I ended, very little thought had been given to maintaining the peace. Hence, it was of a pre carious nature and did not endure. But now, he pointed out, men are already devoting thought to post war problems and to definite methods of maintaining peace. “We have learned the hard way,” Mr. Jenkins stated, but he expres sed the opinion that the lesson had been learned well. OAKLAND NEWS By Mrs. Lee Norton A community singing was en joyed at the home of Mrs. W. F. McCall Saturday afternoon, par ticipated in by 10 young girls, including Joise, Perlie and Pau line Thomas, Macie and Dicie Red man. Jewel and Marian Etta Chap pell, Theo Galloway, Betty June Fisher and Elizabeth Burgess. They plan to have a weekly sing ing and to have others join them. The upper Transylvania singing convention, held on Sunday after noon at the Lake Toxaway Baptist church, was well attended, with the president, E. D. Randolph, in charge. Hawks are taking from one to half a dozen chickens from this settlement every day. A workable plan to keep hawks out of the poultry yard would be greatly ap preciated, we are sure. Mrs. S. L. Sanders is reported to be very feeble, both in mind and body, at the home of her son, I. S. Sanders. Cottage prayer service next Sun day night will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Reid. Timber From Forest Aiding War Effort Transylvania county’s national forest land is playing its part in producing for the war effort. Among the products are white, red, black, chestnut and scarlet oak sawtimber; red and super ma ple sawtimber; yellow and black birch sawtimber; basswood, beech, buckeye, cucumber, chestnut, hem lock spruce, black cherry and black locust sawtimber; hemlock pulp wood and chestnut extractwood; chestnut oak and hemlock tanbark; dogwood for shuttle blocks and burl for pipes. NEW ARRIVALS Recent arrivals at Transylvania Community hospital include: A daughter, Barbara Ann, born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe McJunkin on July 11; a son, Edward Clinton, born to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Pax ton on July 8; a daughter, Bren da, born to Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Mc Call on July 14; a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Day on July 16. Patients reported yesterday after noon to be in the hospital were Mrs. Scott Barr, Frank Hopkins, Fred McCall, Josephin2 Robin son, Win'fred Mullenax, and Mrs. McCall and baby and Mrs. Day and baby. SUMMARY OF BUDGET ESTIMATE OF THE TOWN OF BREVARD For The Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 1943 And Ending June 30, 1944 Based On A Valuation Of $2,300,000.00 FUND General Expense Fund ... Debt Service Fund. TOTALS . Budget Requirements $46,293.24 29,508.25 $75,801.49 Estimated Revenue Other Than Tax Levy $31,000.00 9,000.00 $40,000.00 Tax Levy To Balance Budget $15,293.24 20,508.25 $35,801.49 Estimated Uncollected Taxes $ 3,058.65 $ 3,058.65 Total Levy $18,351.89 20,508.25 $38,860.14 Total Rate $ .75 .70 $1.45 ALEX H. KIZER, Clerk & Treasurer Lt. John Johnston Has Many Thrilling Experiences In Air TOWN’S BUDGET -FROM PAGE ONE 300 on the tax books that are out standing. A financial statement of the county is also published in this issue. Sergeant Tom Smith Made Outstanding Record In Air Corps Many medals of honor have been bestowed upon Sgt. Tom Smith, father of Tommy Smith, who makes his home in Brevard with his grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Jenkins, according to news releases from his home town in Lenoir, where he has been spend ing a 30-day furlough after 14 months spent in active overseas combat duty. After a record of 302 hours and 15 minutes actual combat duty in the air and having crashed more than once in a B-24, and having shot down two German planes, he has been released from overseas duty and is now assigned as in structor of engineers at Salt Lake City, Utah. In relating some of his experi ences, Sgt. Smith said, “The squad ron of planes to which I was as signed was the first to land in England, the first to bomb the Italian fleet, the first to bomb Tripoli, and the first to bomb Naples.” He claimed his many nar row escapes to his good luck, yet, out of a crew of nine on his plane, he and another buddy were the only survivors. Has Narrow Escape As Co Pilot In A Raid Over France Recently First Lt. John R. Johnston, son of Capt. and Mrs. R. H. Johnston, of Orlando, Fla., summer residents of Brevard for several years, has encountered thrilling experiences and at least one narrow escape from a fatal crash as a co-pilot on a flying fortress in the European theatre of war, it has been dis closed in dispatches from there. In returning over the English Channel in a recent raid near Paris, where they pounded Axis military objectives, Lt. Johnston, with his pilot, Lt. Calvin D. Swaf fer, and other members of the crew, crashed into the English Channel, when the controls were damaged, but the entire crew was rescued uninjured about 20 miles off the French coast near an ene my mine and were picked up about an hour later by a British air and sea rescue craft. Lt. Swaffer, who expects to be sent back to the United States for duty in this country, said after ward, “After we made it past the French coast, I knew the only thing between me and going home was the English Channel, and I was determined to get Pack. I had so much faith in the British tescue service that I felt sure we would be picked up.” This was to have been his last raid as pilot in that warring zone. Capt. and Mrs. Johnston, parents of the lieutenant co-pilot, are mak ing their home this summer at 115 Maple street, in what is known as Kipp’s Shack. Buy U. S. Government Bonds and Stamps regularly. MULL’S MARKET & GROCERY Week-end Specials Fresh Tomatoes, 2 lbs._29c Fresh Corn, dozen_40c Fresh Green Beans, 2 lbs._15c Okra, lb. -15c Lemons, dozen_30c Irish Potatoes, 10 lbs._42c New Sweet Potatoes, 2 lbs. __29c White Lily Flour, 24 lbs._$1.65 Pilsbury Flour, 24 lbs.__ $1.49 GRADE AA BEEF—ALL KINDS Mull’s Grocery & Market “Low Prices—High Quality—Speedy Delivery* Grade A We Deliver Phone 201 Purity Products Company has plenty of coal! Financial Statement ★ TOWN Of BREVARD NORTH CAROLINA AS OF JUNE 30th, 1943 Assessed Valuation (1942) $2,283,527.00 Bonded Debt Floating Debt 1942 Levy Uncollected Tax 1942 Levy Uncollected Tax 1941 Levy Uncollected Tax 1940 Levy Uncollected Tax Prior Years Miscellaneous Revenue other than taxes 435,169.40 NONE 33,110.00 12,798.22 6,280.37 5,828.36 24,907.45 22,011.16 DEFICITS: Debt Sendee Fund General Fund Cash On Hand Debt Service Cash On Hand General Fund 11,033.96 NONE 14,953.80 627.39 Estimated Rate for 1943: General Expense Fund .75 Debt Service Fund .70 TOTAL $ 1.45 I hereby certify that the above statement is true to my best knowledge and belief. ALEX H. KIZER Clerk & Treasurer
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