The Transylvania Times
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Vol. 53; No. 34
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUG. 26, 1943
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCHOOLS TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY
Approximately 50 Men To Enter Military Service Soon
LARGE NUMBER
EXAMINED LAST
FRI. AT CROFT
Group To Leave Next Mon
day For Navy And Army
Group On Sept. 10
FULL LIST GIVEN
Approximately 50 Brevard and
Transylvania county men will enter
military service within the next
10 days, it was learned today from
the draft board office here.
These men were examined and
inducted last Friday at Camp
Croft and will report to duty at
various centers. Others who were
examined will probably be accept
ed later, it was stated.
Twenty-one men are scheduled
to leave here next Monday morn
ing at 9 o'clock to enter training
in the Navy. They are Ed King,
leader, Robert E. Mitchem, Wil
liam W. Duckworth, Jr., James P.
Galloway, Gus Henderson, Calvin
R. Day, Harry Palmer, Fred D.
Carter, Jesse M. Breedlove. Edwin
C. McCall, Joe McJunkin, Delbert
H. Burgess, Warren McCoy, Joseph
C. McDarris, Jesse C. Gillespie,
George L. Dyer, John M. Hawkins,
Grady P. Patterson, Howard L.
Morris and Lawrence A. Holt, Jr.
John Paul Jones was transferred
to naval reserve and is awaiting
call.
Eighteen men were accepted for
the army and will leave here on
Friday, Sept. 10, at 10 o’clock in
the morning for Fort Jackson.
They are: Blondy L. Galloway,
acting corporal, Ray L. Israel,
Alfred J. Owen, Walter F. Clubb,
William P. Bryson, Lloyd O.
Hughes, Bill N. Nicholson, Lee R.
Tinsley, John H. Norris, James D.
Conner, Harold J. McCrary, Glen
ville C. McCall, Dover C. Hudson,
Jesse R. Owen, Dwight L. Moffitt,
Louis F. McAuley, Arthur C. Wil
son, Edward T. Loftis and Martin
E. Turbvfill.
Mr. Hughes has served as busi
ness manager of Brevard college
for the past several years and he
is extremely active in local affairs.
A number of the other men are
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10 TO GRADUATE
AT COLLEGE HERE
Graduation Exercises To Be
Held This Morning. An
derson Will Speak
Summer commencement exer
cises will be held this morning at
11 o'clock at Brevard college for
five students who have completed
their high school work and for
five junior college students.
Ed M. Anderson will deliver the
graduation address and President
E. J. Coltrane will present the di
plomas. Rev. W. A. Jenkins will
give the invocation and Mrs. H. R.
Bobst will sing. Rev. B. W. Thom
ason will give the benediction.
President Coltrane has issued a
cordial invitation to townspeople
and visitors to attend the exer
cises.
High school diplomas will be
awarded to Charles Cabe and Ru
fus Pannell, of Franklin; George
Simpson, Brevard; John Yancey
Thomas, Milton and Morton White,
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Montvale School Is
Consolidated With
L. Toxaway School
The Montvale school, located in
the Boheney section of Transyl
vania county, has been consolida
ted with the Lake Toxaway school
because of the inability to secure
a teacher for the school, Supt J.
B. Jones announced today.
He also explained that the pros
pective enrollment in the Montvale
school is too low to justify a teach
er. Estimated enrollment is around
14 and these children will be
transported to the Lake Toxaway
school.
School authorities throughout
the state, Mr. Jones said, are hav
ing difficulty in obtaining teachers
for one and two-teacher schools.
Transylvania County Has 83
Principals And Teachers This
Year, Full List Is Announced
Beloved Physician
DR. E. £. ENGLISH, who died
suddenly last Thursday morning,
had practiced medicine in this
county for nearly 50 years. He
was a friend to every one and
will be greatly missed.
A LARGE CROWD
ATTENDS FUNERAL
FOR DR. ENGLISH
Prominent And Beloved Bre
vard Physician Died Sud
denly Last Thursday
A large crowd attended the fun
eral services here at the Brevard
Methodist church last Sunday af
ternoon for Dr. Edwin S. English,
75, prominent and beloved Bre
vard physician whose sudden death
came as a shock to the entire com
munity and county.
Friends from far and near
gathered to pay tribute to a man
who had spent his life serving the
people of his town and county. It
was one of the largest crowds
ever assembled here for a fun
eral service.
The pastor, Rev. W. A. Jenk
ins, Rev. E. P. Billups, of Can
ton, former pastor, and Rev. G. G.
Adams, pastor of the Ecusta cir
cuit, conducted the service. In
terment was in the Oak Grove
cemetery where final rites were
held by the Masons. The body lay
in state at the church for an hour
and a half before the service.
Dr. English died suddenly last
Thursday morning while en route
to a hospital in Greenville, S. C.,
where he was being removed fol
lowing an attack earlier in the
morning. He was stricken soon
after returning home from calling
on a patient at 3 o’clock that morn
ing. He had been in declining
health for several years, but as
stated in the prayer of Mr. Bill
ups at the funeral service, “He
fell in the line of duty in sacri
ficing his life for others.”
He was a native of Transylvania
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Several New Teachers And
Several Changes Made.
22 High Teachers
Principals and teachers for all
schools in Brevard and Transyl
vania county have been selected
and a complete list was announced
today by Supt. J. B. Jones.
Several new teachers have been
added and a few others have been
transferred from one school to
another, Mr. Jones said.
The county has a total of 83
principals and teachers, 22 in the
two high schools and 61 in the
elementary schools.
The entire staff is as follows:
Brevard High School
Robert T. Kimzey, principal;
Miss Earleene Poindexter, Mrs.
Cora Neil Turner, Mrs. Margaret
M. Kimzey, Mrs. Lucille Trantham,
Miss Lucile Erwin, Miss Lillian
Powell, C. L. Simmons, Miss Doris
Whitesides, Mrs. Jennie Reschke,
Mrs. Sarah K. Tilson, Miss Eula
Mae Hudson, George Beebe and
Alvin A. Moore. Four of them are
new teachers. They are Miss Er
win, of Burnsville; Miss Lillian
Powell, Mrs. Jennie Reschke and
Mr. Beebe, of Asheville.
Brevard Elementary School
John E. Rufty, principal; Mrs.
Mamie Dale, former principal of
Selica school. Miss Willie Aiken,
Miss Agnes Clayton, Miss Joseph
ine Clayton, Miss Julia Deaver,
Mrs. Maxine Rufty, Mrs. Annie W.
Reid, Mrs. Margaret G. Davis,
Mrs. Mary Louise Rothbauer, Mrs.
Bernice B. Hollifield, Mrs. Kath
leen McMahan, N. L. Ponder, Miss
Dorothy Allison, Mrs. Rachael W.
Lyday, Mrs. Mary L. Moore, Miss
Helen Sue Henderson, Miss Ila
Ledbetter, Mrs. Rachel O. Schep
kowski, who taught at Rosman
last year.
Cedar Mountain — Miss Amy
Calhoun, principal.
Connestee school — Mrs. Gen
eva N. Farrior, principal, and Miss
Vera Whitmire.
Little River — Mrs. Flora A.
Pickelsimer, principal, Miss Sallie
S. Merrill and Miss Julia Wood.
Enon School — Mrs. Agnes H.
Ward, principal. Miss Myrtle Whit
mire and Miss Effie Orr Matthews.
Pisgah Forest—Miss Annie May
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17 Men Classified
In 1-A Last Week
Seventeen men were classified
in 1-A by the draft board here
during the past week. They are as
follows: Tarry R. Powell, Sidney
M. Siniard, Randolph Lytle, How
ard W. Galloway, Shirley E. Brack
en, James R. Galloway, Ulus Bar
ton, Jr., Glenn H. Newton, Fred
Gordon, George C. Bryson, Harvey
A. Harris, Clarence O. Wimbish,
Lester J. Thomas, James Barton,
James O. Scott, James F. Hensley
and T. Lester King.
In 2-B are Claude E. Bumgarner,
Tom M. Palmer, Charles B. Disher,
Clarence O. Justice and Johnnie
F. Williams.
Clarence E. Bowen was placed
in 3-D and Fritz 0. Haehnel in
3-A (H).
Urgent Need For Postwar Planning_
Is Stressed By Kiwanis Governor
Charles C. Erwin, of Forest
City, district governor of the two
Carolinas district of Kiwanis, told
members of the Brevard club at
their meeting last Friday night
that every person should have a
part in the post-war planning and
in the planned peace which is be
ing studied by leaders of the sev
eral allied governments.
The idea of leaving planning for
peace-time progress, and especially
the idea of allowing a few people
to direct the peace plan which will
come with the ending of the war,
is anti-American, anti-democratic,
and is a step toward dictatorship,
the learned speaker declared.
Groups should discuss the things
that are to be done immediately
following termination of the war,
Mr. Erwin said, and the hundreds
of ideas should be forwarded by
the various groups to the leaders
in Congress so that there will be
no one man thinking or acting.
Just what portion of ‘post-war
activities should be under the fed
eral government, just what should
be under the state, as well as the
work of the various smaller units
and communities, should be given
thought at this time, and not a
year hence, or after the war is
over, the speaker pointed out.
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OWNERS URGED TO
CONFINE ANIMALS
BITTEN BY DOG
Mad Dog Scare Developed
Here Mon. Health Depart
ment Issues Statement
Walter Hart, district sanitarian,
yesterday cautioned all persons
whose dogs, cows or chickens were
bitten Monday by ,a dog that was
believed to have been mad, to
confine their animals for at least
14 days.
The mad dog scare extended
from below Pisgah Forest, through
Brevard and the (Cathey’s Creek
section.
According to reports, the mad
dog made a round through the
Enon community before heading
towards Brevard. A large number
of dogs and other animals were
bitten before the foaming dog was
killed Monday night in the Cath
ey’s Creek area by Rusty Smith.
At least 7 dogs here in town
were bitten. In accordance with
the law, officers killed 5 dogs,
four of them at the request of
owners and another small dog that
had strayed away and was acting
queer.
The mad dog was so badly shot
in the head that it was useless to
send the head to Raleigh, Mr.
Hart said.
Officers of the county board of
health yesterday issued a state
ment as follows:
“At a meeting of the county
Board of Health held Wednesday,
August 25, an order wis made re
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TRANTHAM NAMED
ON SCHOOL BOARD
Well Known Brevard Man
Appointed To Succeed T.
E. Reid By Committee
Anthony Trantham, prominent
Brevard business man, was unani
mously elected last Saturday by
the county Democratic executive
committee to succeed T. E. Reid
as a member of the county board
of education.
Mr. Trantham has been actively
identified with community in civic
and church affairs for' a number
of years. He has been in the mer
cantile business here for 15 years,
has served as a member of the
board of aldermen several terms,
served as scoutmaster, and as an
official in the Methodist church.
Mr. Reid recently resigned as a
member of the board of education
when he accepted the appointment
as county tax collector. Mr. Trant
ham is also expected to succeed
Mr. Reid as chairman of the school
board.
Other members of the board are
Mrs. J. K. Mills and D. H. Win
chester.
County’s Surgical
Bandage Quota Is
Greatly Increased
Transylvania county has never
reached its surgical dressing band
age quota and the new quota is
about a third larger than ever
before, Mrs. Eck Sims, county di
rector of Red Cross surgical dres
sing bandage work shops, announ
ced today.
In addition to Transylvania,
there are a number of other coun
ties in the state that are falling
short of quota assignments, she
stated but urged that more wo
men assist in this patriotic work.
A total of 2,000 bandages were
inspected and packed Monday
night in the local shop and are
now ready for shipment. At Rock
brook, Mrs. Henry Carrier re
ports that they have around 10,
000 bandages ready for inspection
and shipment.
The shop here, located over the
town hall, is open every morning
except Saturday and Sunday and
at nights from 7:30 until 9:30 on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
nights. Mrs. Edwin Happ is in
charge.
The shop at Rockbrook is open
Friday nights and Sunday after
noons.
Contributed By State DAR To Red Cross
The mobile unit, shown above, was presented to the American
Red Cross by the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revo
lution through the national society for use in the “Blood Donor
Service.” Funds for purchasing this unique mobile were raised
from voluntary contributions under the leadership of Mrs. Joseph
S. Silversteen, of Brevard, who was formerly state DAR regent
and who is now vice president of the national society. Since there
is no “Blood Donor Center” in this state, the mobile unit has been
assigned to the “donor center” at Buffalo, N. Y., where it is now
in constant use. This was one of the war effort projects sponsored
by the North Carolina D. A. R.
County’s Third War Loan
Quota Is $432,000, Four *
Times Amount Last Quota
Elaborate Plans For Con
ducting Drive In County
Are Being Made
Extensive plans for conducting
the Third War Loan drive in Tran
sylvania county have been made
during the past week.
These plans include a house-to
house canvass in Brevard by Civil
ian Defense organization block
leaders, individual solicitation of
persons who are able to purchase
large bonds, holding a series of
meetings in schools throughout the
county, a county-wide rally and a
well-planned advertising campaign.
With Jerry Jerome as chairman,
the prospect list committee met
last night and made up a large
list of people throughout the coun
ty which will be contacted by
bond salesmen and salesladies.
A committee composed of Ray
mond Bennett, Frank Duckworth,
Julian Glazener, J. B. Jones and
C. M. Douglas, is now working up
a schedule of rural meetings. At
each of these meetings it is pro
posed that the Ecusta string band
will play and various individuals
will make war bond talks. Lewis
Hamlin is chairman of the speak
ers’ committee.
Under the direction of the town’s
zone block leaders, a large number
of ladies will make a house-to
house canvass.
Mrs. Julius Sader is in charge
of the zone leaders and plans for
making the canvass were discus
sed at her home Tuesday night.
The town is divided into 6 zones
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Ed McMahan Re-Appointed
Chairman. District Meet
ing Held Saturday
Citizens of Transylvania county
will be asked to buy $432,000 worth
of bonds during the third war loan
drive, which begins on Sept. 9.
This figure is more than four
times as large as that assigned
for the second war loan drive and
approximately $100,000 more than
was raised during that campaign.
“It will take herculean effort
to raise this money, but we will
do it,” Ed H. McMahan, county
chairman said, when county quotas
were revealed at a meeting of
loan chairmen of Western North
Carolina counties held at the
George Vanderbilt hotel in Ashe
ville last Saturday night. Jerry
Jerome and Ira B. Armfield were
also present at this meeting, where
all aspects of the comiqg campaign
were discussed by C. T. Leinbach,
of Winston-Salem, state chairman,
and others. J. Gerald Cowan, vice
president of the Wachovia Bank
and Trust company, of Asheville,
manager of the Western North
Carolina region, presided.
The state’s quota is $145,000,000,
more than double the quota for
the second war loan drive last
April, when the objective was
placed at $62,000,000. The national
goal is $15,000,000,000, all of which
is expected to come from non
banking sources.
“In all counties it will be neces
sary for workers to do a much
bigger selling job in this drive
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Aquatic School Will Hold Colorful
Regatta At Camp Carolina Saturday
A total of 102 men and women
from 15 states are attending the
American Red Cross national
aquatic school that is now being
held at beautiful Camp Carolina
near Brevard, Director Harry A.
Kenning announced today.
Instruction in swimming, div
ing, canoeing, life saving, first aid,
home and accident prevention is
being taught by a staff of 25
persons, composed of several
prominent national Red Cross
staff representatives.
Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock
a two-hour regatta will be held at
the lake under the direction of
Miss Dorothy Tolleson, of Pea
body college, Nashville, Tenn.,
Don Northey, of the Red Cross
staff and Emil Lewis, Red Cross
staff member. The regatta will
feature a procession of decorated
boats, demonstrations in swim
ming and diving and boat races.
Director Kenning said the pub
lic is cordially invited to attend
this colorful event.
A masquerade ball will be held
on Friday night at the camp and
this afternoon students will take
a canoe trip down the French
Broad river.
The school will close next Tues
day afternoon.
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TEACHERS WILL
MEET SATURDAY
MORNING AT 10
Schools To Open At 8:45.
Several Changes Made
In Bus Routes
REPAIR WORK DONE
All public schools in Brevard
and Transylvania county will open
next Monday morning at 8:45 o’
clock, Supt. J. B. Jones announced
today.
Final plans for the opening will
be made at a county-wide meeting
of the principals and teachers to
be held here at the Brevard high
school Saturday morning at 10
o’clock, he said. Rev. W. A. Jen
kins will conduct devotional exer
cises and E. H. McMahan, chair
man of the county war savings
committee, will discuss plans for
conducting the third war loan
drive.
Preparatory to the opening,
school buildings and buses have
been repaired and are now in good
condition.
Supt. Jones said that no lunch
roojns will be opened until plans
for operation are announced by
the state department.
There are two high schools in
the county and a number of ele
mentary schools. Total enrollment
is expected to be nearly 3000.
The county has a teaching staff
of 83 and all vacancies have been
filled.
Several changes in bus routes
nave been made as follows:
Laurel Creek and Rich Mountain
lines have been combined and
these children will attend Brevard
high.
The line that has been turning
back at the Country club will turn
left at the same place and cross
over the Greenville highway.
The bus from Penrose will not
make the run to Powell’s store
and another bus will pick up these
children on the return trip to Bre
vard.
A regular state bus will operate
on the Frozen Creek route instead
of a private contract on account
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STOVE RATIONING
STARTED TUESDAY
Dealers Must Register Next
Week. Only A Few
Stoves Exempted
Practically all stoves are now
being rationed and all stove deal
ers in the county will be required
to register at the rationing board
office here on September 1, 2 or
3, Dr. Zachary, chairman of the
board, announced this week. The
rationing started Tuesday.
Blanks have already arrived and
among other things, dealers will
be required to show full inventory.
With only a few exceptions, no
stoves can be purchased now with
out a rationing certificate and to
obtain these, individuals must ap
ply at the local office. Old stoves
must be beyond repair or the in
dividual must show a new need.
Stoves that are not on the ra
tioning list include electric stoves
and hot water heaters, sheet-metal
air-tight, wood-burning stoves not
equipped with grates, cast iron
bases or linings, laundry stoves,
etc.
A quota will be assigned to this
county and in turn dealers will be
given monthly quotas.
Leather Made Here
Shipped To Various
Allied War Nations
Leather made in the Transyl
vania Tanning and Toxaway Tan
ning companies is now being ship
ped to Russia, England, Free
French and to Iceland, it was
learned this week.
Both plants are operating at
full capacity production and the
leather demand is not being met,
J. S. Silversteen stated, how
ever, that the shortage of chest
nut and pulpwood and lumber is.
even greater than leather.