The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation
Vol. 53; No. 33
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 19, 1943
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Large Mercerizing Plant Opened Here This Week By Pisgah Mills
Ecusta String Band And Square
Dance Team Highly Applauded At
Company Party Last Thursday Nite
Trio And Chorus Also Get
Big Hand. Next Party To
Be Held Sept. 16
The Ecusta string band and
dancing team that made an out
standing record in the recent
Mountain Dance and Folk festival
at Asheville, were featured at the
square dance and show given last
Thursday night in the company
cafeteria for Ecusta employees,
wives and husbands.
The band, directed by Rhett
Talley and the dance team, man
aged by Eben Morrow, were highly
applauded by their fellow workers.
The 300 to 400 persons who
attended the entertain perform
ance also cheered the Ecusta trio,
composed of Edna Nanney, Naomi
Ashe and Lucille Heffner. They
sang several popular selections and
were accompanied at the piano by
Miss Mary Glass.
Archie Lance, fiddler and soloist
and Odell Scott made big hits.
The Ecusta chorus, directed by
John Eversman, made its debut
and was likewise highly acclaimed.
This outstanding vocal organiza
tion presented several selections,
including LeMare’s “Serenade,”
“This is the Army,” and a negro
spiritual, “I Got A Robe.”
Appearing in the chorus last
week were the following:
Sopranos — Jean Allen, Gladys
Burnette. Mildred Carpenter, Ber
tha Edwards, Felicia Edwards,
Lucille Heffner, Barbara Jones,
Katherine Perry, Louise Roberts,
Mariette Rozier, Evelyn Taylor,
Mary Sue Thorne, Jean Vaughn,
Eunice Waldrop.
Altos—Naomi Ashe, Tlba Drake,
Members Of Armed
Forces To Obtain
Number Three Books
Members of the armed forces
eligible for War Ration book three
will apply for their books between
August 15 and 31, Dr. J. F. Zach
ary, chairman of the Transylvania
county War Price and Rationing
board, said today.
The special application form for
military personnel will be supplied
by commanding officers at every
post and camp in the nation. Pre
addressed to the O P A mailing
Center at Chicago, the forms are
to be completed and mailed by
August 31.
Applicants will receive their
books by September 12.
Thelma Greene, Annie Lou Ham
lin, Mary Sue Jennings, Edna
Earle Nanney and Ruth Perry.
Tenors—Leon English, Gus Grosse,
Hunley Mahaffey, Odell Scott and
Sang Lyda. Basses—Mauris Dorn,
Blaine Emory, Ed Lancaster, Bob
Norwood, Ott Whitesides and
Howard WTilkie.
Mr. Eversman, wno served as
master of ceremonies for the show,
announced that plans have been
made to hold entertainments regu
larly and that the next one would
be staged on September 16.
With the Talley band furnishing
music, square dancing was enjoyed
until midnight.
A recent postcard from a truth
ful vacationist: “Having a wonder
ful time; wish I could afford it.”,
ALL-DAY SERVICE
WILL BE HELD AT
ETOWAH TBS SDN.
Re-dedication Program Plan
ned. Rev. D. L. Earn
hardt Pastor
A re-dedication of the Etowah
Methodist church building and an
all-dav meeting will be held at
the church this Sunday, it has been
announced by the pastor, Rev. D.
L. Earnhardt.
Rev. J. Turner Bird, of Knox
ville, Term., will preach the dedi
catory sermon in the morning.
There will be two services, one
in the morning and another in the
afternoon. Mr. Bird has been a
member of the Holston conference
for nearly 40 years, and he will
be “cordially welcomed back to
the playground of his boyhood
days,” Mr. Earnhardt said.
Under Mr. Earnhardt's pastorate,
much needed improvement has
been made on the church and
grounds and it was felt this would
be a good time for re-dedication
of the church building and grounds
for the purpose of divine use.
A cordial invitation has been
extended by the pastor to all for
mer pastors, all present and for
mer church members and friends
of other denominations to attend
these services on Sunday. Refresh
ments will be served on the
grounds at noon.
Each producer of cottonseed
should see that his seed moves
promptly to ihe mill in order that
the seed may be converted into
feed products, oil for food and
other products needed in the war,
says Dr. I. 0. Schaub, Director of
the Extension Service at State Col-1
lege.
AS NORMANDIE LIFTS HERSELF FROM MUD BOTTOM
THE 79,280-TON HULK of the U.S.S. Lafayette (formerly the Normandie) Is lifting itself slowly fronrthe
mud bottom of the Hudson River in New York, where it had lain on its side since it was swept by fire.
Note that the superstructure had been cut away. The gauge at the prow gives the number of feet it has
been elevated. The great liner is raising its hulk at the rate of a foot an hour. (International)
Wage Earners Expected To Take
Part In Third War Loan Drive
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TRY TIMES WANT ADS I
THIS COMMUNITY is on the spot!
We are in a pulpwood growing
section and there is now a pulp
wood shortage. The country needs
vast quantities of pulpwood for
explosives, rayon parachutes, gas
mask filters, shipping containers
and a thousand other uses — yet
some of the mills that make these
things are actually shutting down
for lack of wood.
This is a desperate situation—
a war emergency. Something
must be done QUICKLY!
And only we who live in the
pulpwood cutting areas can do
anything about it.
How the problem can be solved
Mr. Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War
Production Board, gave the key to the solution
in the following statement:
“If every one of the more than 3,800,000
farmers in the 27 pulpwood producing states
were to devote 3 EXTRA days in 1943 to cutting
pulf .vood, we could overcome the threatened
2,500,000 cord shortage with wood to spare.*’
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If you are now cutting pulpwood part time; if you
have cut it in the past; or if yoi^have never cut it
but know how to use an axe and saw, will you
pledge 3 extra days (at regular pay) to meet Mr.
Nelson’s challenge?
Fill in the coupon. Mail it to this newspaper and
you will receive the pledge badge which identifies
you as a Victory Pulpwood Cutter.
This is a war emergency. _ _
This is OUR responsibility.
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Business And Industry Are
Expected To Carry A
Heavy Load
Fifty million wage earners are
expected to participate in the huge
third War Loan drive which will
be conducted throughout the na
tion for a three-week period be
ginning September 9, according to
Clarence T. Leinbach, Winston
Salem, state chairman of the War
Finance committee.
The gigantic drive has two major
phases, Leinbach stated. One phase
is the big business and industry
purchase of bonds and other gov
ernment securities through per
sonal solicitation, and the other
phase is the volumn purchase of
E, F and G bonds to reach 50,
000,000 wage earners.
At the present time there are
32,000,000 workers in the United
States on the Payroll Savings plan,
their combined purchases of War
bonds totaling $400,000,000 per
month. During the third War Loan
campaign it will be necessary for
these 32,000,000 workers to buy
War bonds in addition to those
purchased regularly through the
Payroll Savings plan. These extra
bonds they may purchase with the
extra money they are earning or
by setting aside a special budget
which will enable them to buy
additional bonds.
“I feel confident of the success
of the third War Loan drive as
the public realizes the urgent need
for the $15,000,000,000 set as goal.
When we are winning we cannot
afford to let up,” he emphasized.
“For as long as there are men
dying we cannot afford to stop
buying. Once this message is got
ten across to the wage earning
public, that public will not hesi
tate to do its full share in putting
over the third War Loan drive.”
Leinbach stated that he expects!
to complete shortly his state or
ganization for the War Finance
committee. He and W. H. Andrews,
Jr., Greensboro, state vice chair
man, are now in process of hold
ing area meetings in each of the
10 state areas for purpose of com
pleting the organization. He ex
pects very soon to have N. C.
quota of the $15,000,000,000 na
tional quota which will be broken
down into county quotas.
When your doctor asks where you
prefer io have your prescription
filled, say: VARNER’S, because:
Filled only by registered pharma
cist; as written and at reaconable
prices. (Advt.) tfc
I CATHOLIC CHURCH"
Mass every Sunday and
Holy Day at N Y A Hut ©n
Broad street For time of
mass, phone 352.
When your doctor asks where you
prefer to have your prescription
filled, say: VARNER’S, because:
Filled only by registered pharma
cist; as written and at reasonable
prices. (Advt.) tfc
SAtf YOU SAW IT IN THE TIMES
NEW PUNT WILL
EMPLOY AROUND
THIRTY PERSONS
Large Addition To Pisgah
Mills’ Main Plant Is
Nearing Completion
Operation of a mercerizing plant,
located here in the Ashworth build
ing on King street and owred by
the Pisgah mills, was started this
week.
The plant will employ around 30
people when capacity operation is
reached, W. M. Melton, general
manager of the new plant and the
Pisgah mills, stated.
This is the first mercerizing
plant ever established in Brevard.
Mercerizing, Mr. Melton explained,
is the treating of fabric material
with caustic alkali, causing the
fibre to shrink and become strong
er and more receptive for dyes.
In this plant yarns will be mer
cerized and thread that the Pisgah
mills makes for the army and navy
will be mercerized on gassing ma
chines.
Last fall the Pisgah mills pur
chased the Ashworth building and
a considerable amount of remodel
ling work has been done since that
time.
Opening of the plant has been
delayed because of difficulties in
obtaining machinery.
The Pisgah mills company is
also constructing a large addition
to the main plant, which will be
completed in the near future.
Carding and spinning machines
will be used in it. The addition
is 82 x 38 feet and is about one
sixth the size of the present plant.
The company is now operating
about 80 percent on defense orders.
Under the able direction of Mr.
Melton, the company has made a
great deal of progress.
ATTENTION-HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS and GRADUATES
SPEED UP
YOUR EDUCATION!
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To meet your wartime educational needs, we have inaugu
rated a new and accelerated educational program that offers
you a four-year college plan on the junior college level.
If you are a Junior or Senior in high school, you can speed
up your education by attending Brevard Junior College. By
entering this fall, it is possible for high school students with
8 units to complete their high school training and two years of
college work in three years.
This plan should be especially attractive to boys and girls
who want to get as much education as possible before having to
enter military service. At the same time, this advanced training
will be helpful to you when you enter service.
For high school graduates, Brevard Junior College offers
many well rounded courses.
A SPECIAL INVITATION
IS EXTENDED TO
BREVARD and TRANSYLVANIA
COUNTY BOYS and GIRLS
To Attend
BREVARD COLLEGE
We Operate Continuously The Year Round.
Fall Semester Opens September 20.
For Further Information—
Write or See
ill IK E VA It D
Junior College
Or. E. J. Coltrane, Pres. Brevard, N. C.