Vol. 53; No. 39
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 30, 1943
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TRANSYLVANIA GOES OVER TOP
Brevard College Opens With A Large Enrollment
SEVERAL MEMBERS
ADDED TO FACULTY
WILDER TO COACH
Miss Hilliard, Miss Maxfield
and Miss Tuttle To Teach.
Classes Are Started.
ENROLLMENT OVER 250
Brevard college opened this
week for its tenth year with an
enrollment of over 250.
Monday and Tuesday around 200
students registered and at least
50 more are expected to register
before the week is over. Classes
were started yesterday morning.
The enrollment this year includes
around 200 girls and about 50 boys.
There are approximately 210
freshmen and sophomores and
about 40 pre-college students.
Several changes and additions
to the faculty have been made.
Robert E. Wilder, of Gaffney,
S. C., and a graduate of Furman
University in 1931, has been ap
pointed director of physical edu
cation for men and coach.
Miss Dorothy A. Chapin Hilliard,
of Chapel Hill and a native of
Portsmouth, Va., succeeds Mrs.
Harold Stallcup as director of
physical education for women.
Miss Lilllian W. Maxfield, of
Asheville, is librarian, succeeding
Mr. Hancock, who will devete his
full time to teaching.
Miss Emily Tuttle, of Yadkin
ville. an experienced teacher and
daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs.
R. G. Tuttle, will teach in the pre
college department.
Coach Wilder is expected „ ar
rive next Tuesday and football
practice will be started immediate
ly. The new coach is not only an
experienced football coach, but he
played on Furman University team
for four years and made an out
standing record.
For six years Coach Wilder was
director of athletics at Clinton, S.
C., high school and one year his
team won the South Carolina state
championship. He was principal
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VARNER REPORTS
FOR NAVY DOTY
Prominent Local Man To
Start Training At Fort
Schyuler, N. Y.
S. E. Varner, Jr., left Sunday for
Fort Schyuler, which is located
in the Bronx, New York City,
where he will receive eight weeks
of training prior to entering ac
tive naval service. He was com
missioned as an ensign on Sep
tember 7th after he had tendered
his services to the government.
During the absence of Mr. Var
ner the drug store here will be
operated by his brother, Tom Var
ner. Mrs. S. E. Varner, Jr., who
is identified with the Varner
drug store here, expects to join
her husband a few weeks hence.
S. E. Varner, Jr., has in an ad
appearing in this issue a personal
message to his friends and pa
trons of the store.
‘A’ Gas Book Holders
Should File Renewal
Applications At Once
All holders of basic “A” gaso
line books should renew them
now, urges Mrs. Ernestine Davis,
chief clerk of the Transylvania
rationing board.
Applicants may get form R-570
at the tire inspection station. Fill
out this form completely, and mail
them together with the tire inspec
tion record, the cover of the old
“A” book arid the Federal stamp
number, to the war price and ra
tioning board here.
This application must be in the
rationing board office by October
15, Mrs. Davis announced.
If all the necessary information
is not included in the application
mailed to the board, it will be re
turned to the applicant by mail for
additional data.
No new “A” books will be mail
ed from the rationing board here,
before October 15, Mrs. Davis stat
ed.
Extending Time Of Shoe Stamps Will
Prevent Last Minute Rush To Stores
And Shoes Will Have To Last Longer
Sees Lots Of Action
LT. (JG) CHARLES ALLEN
McCALL, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde S. McCall, of Lake Toxa
way, took part in the North
Africa and Sicilian campaigns.
He is a graduate of Rosman
high school. Western Carolina
Teachers college and finished
at Annapolis in May, 1942. He
then took four months training
in diesel electrical engineering
before going to sea.
DR. DUDLEY IS
HOLDING SCHOOL
DENTAL CLINICS
Clinic Is Being Held This
Week At Penrose. Dentist
To Be In County Five
Weeks.
Dr. D. W. Dudley, of the oral hy
giene Division of the North Caro
lina state board of health, arrived
in the county this week and during
the next five weeks he will con
duct a series of dental clinics in
the smaller schools of Transyl
vania under the sponsorship of the
county health department.
The first dental clinic is being
held at Penrose school and others
are to be conducted just as rap
idly as he can get to them.
Because of a pressing wartime
schedule and manpower short
age, Dr. Dudley will only be in the
county for five weeks, just one
half as long as the schedule has
provided in the past.
Clinics were held last year at
Rosman and Brevard schools and
the state dentist will not visit
these schools again this year.
One of the main purposes of the
clinics is educational. As part of
the demonstrative work, however,
the dentist cleans teeth, does fill
ing and extraction work.
“Since it is impossible for the
school dentist to make corrections
for more than a small percentage
of the children, everything possi
ble is done for those who are not
fortunate enough to be able to
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Board Urges Public To Buy
Better Shoes. New Stamp
To Be Good November 1
The removal of the expiration
date of currently valid shoe ration
stamp number 18, plus the valida
tion of airplane stamp number 1
in ration book three for one pair
of shoes beginning November 1,
has eliminated the possibility of a
repitition of last June’s “stamp
ede” in Brevard and throughout
the nation, it was pointed out here
this week.
This action on the part of the
OPA was anounced a few days ago.
It means, too, that every person
will have to get along with two
pairs of shoes a year, and many
contend that will be difficult. It
is explained, however, that in case
of severe hardships the regula
tions provide that such persons
can obtain special stamps from the
rationing board office here.
In this connection, though, Dr.
Zachary, chairman of the board,
announced this week that because
of the leather shortage it will be
necessary for the board to be more
rigid in the future that it has been
in the past in the issuance of
special stamps.
There is no getting around the
fact that there is a shortage of lea
ther and that we will have to do
our part in the conservation pro
gram,” he stated.
“Of course we are going to do
all we can to take care of all hard
ship cases, but the public is urged
to buy shoes that will last and not
make it necessary for them to ask
for additional stamps,” Dr. Zach
ary explained.
The semi-annual inventory re
ports from all dealers, covering
the period from April 1 through
September 30, must be in the mails
by October 10 and these reports
are expected to show supplies am
ple to meet all normal demands
under the new amendment, pro
vided boards do not issue too many
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Cpl. E. H, Jolly To
Be Buried Here
Burial service will be held in
the Glazener cemetery in Brevard
for Cpl. Edward Hugh Jolly, 22,
who was killed in an aircraft acci
dent near Ft. Benning, Ga., Mon
day afternoon. The funeral service
will be held at the Haw Creek
church in Buncombe: county, fol
lowing which the body will be
brought to Brevard for interment.
The day and hour of the service
were not known before going to
press lat yesterday. The body will
arrive at the Asheville-Henderson
ville airport sometime Friday.
Survivors are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. H. Jolly, of near
Asheville; two brothers, Cpl. Wil
liam Jolly, with the U. S. army
in Sicily; C. H. Jolly, Jr., of
Keesler Field, Miss.; two sisters,
Mrs. V. R. Trantham and Miss
Louise Jolly, of Asheville. Sur
viving relatives of Brevard are his
grandmother, Mrs. Annie H. Mc
Call; and four aunts, Misses Ruth,
Molly and Annie Mae McCall, and
Mrs. Luther McGaha.
Victory Scrap Campaign To Start
Tomorrow And Last Until Nov. 15
A National Victory Scrap drive
will be started in Transylvania
county and throughout the nation
starting tomorrow and ending on
November 15, Howard Wyatt,
chairman of the county salvage
committee announced today.
A total of $3,000 in bonds is
being offered as prizes in this
state and Transylvania county
again has the opportunity of win
ing. Large cash prizes are also
offered to towns and individual
school children who collect the
most scrap.
A total of $3,000 in bonds is be
ing offered as prizes in this state
and Transylvania county again has
the opportunity of winning. Large
cash prizes also are offered to
towns and individual school chil
dren who collect the most scrap.
The awards are as follows:
County Awards
First prize, $1,000 bond; second
prize, $500 bond and third prize
$100 bond.
Town and City Awards
First prize, $500; second prize,
$250; third prize, $100.
Public Schools
First prize, $200; second prize,
$100 and third prize $50.
, “Every school child in the coun
ty has an opportunity to win one
of these awards,” Mr. Wyatt said.
He announced that he would ar
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SEABEES GET AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE TRAINING
Seabees, whose principal job is building, learn to fight, too. Before being sent overseas to con
struct, maintain and repair fighting bases, the Seabees, the Navy’s Construction Battalions, learn
how to use rifles, machine guns, hand grenades and other weapons. As this photo shows, they also
are taught how to capture beachheads. Construction workers have excellent opportunities to qualify
as petty officers in the war-horn branch of theNavy. Draft-age men may be voluntarily inducted,
while young men 9f 17 and older men from 38 to 50 may enlist at any Navy Recruiting Station.
There are similar opportunities in the Army Engineers.
TO CONDUCT RAT
EXTERMINATION
DRIVE IN COUNTY
Campaign To Be Sponsored
By Chamber of Commerce
and County Neighbor
hood Leaders.
Plans are now being made for
an cxtenoive county-wide rat ex
termination campaign that will be
conducted m Brevard and Tran
sylvan.a the first week hi Novem
ber, Julian Glazener announced
today
This campaign will be sponsored
in the town of Brevard by the
chamber of commerce and civic
clubs and in the county by neigh
borhood leaders, under the direc
tion of the farm extension office.
L. C. Whitehead, district agent
of the division of predator and
rodent control of the United States
department of agriculture, will su
pervise the campaign.
Rats are not only a nuisance,
but they are also destructive and
germ-spreading animals, Mr. Gla
zener pointed out today.
“They are really one of our
worst enemies and saboteurs of
labor,” he declared. “They de
stroy food and property in great
quantities and in addition to that,
they cause disease and death.”
Plans for conducting such a
drive have been under considera
tion for some time, but it is the
first time in years that a campaign
of this kind has been promoted
here.
Full cooperation of the public is
expected.
Health Clinic To Be
Held At Rosman Fri.
A health clinic wiil be held Fri
day afternoon from 1 to 3 o’clock
at Rosman on the second floor of
the Gloucester Lumber company
office building.
Clinics are held at Rosman ev
ery first Friday afternoon in each
month by Dr. Mary D. H. Michal,
assistant district health officer, as
sisted by Mrs. Paul Lollis, county
nurse.
The clinic held here last Fri
day afternoon was well attended.
TWO MEN CAUGHT WITH
60 GALLONS OF LIQUOR
James Dickson Presnell and
Don Leonard Prince, of Fletcher,
are now under bonds of $500 each
for appearance in superior court
here in December to answer
charges of transporting whiskey.
After a lively chase, these two
men were caught last Thursday
afternoon at Pisgah Forest by
Patrolman Morrow and Chief
Freeman. The men were driving
a Ford car and had 60 gallons of
non-tax-paid liquor in the auto
mobile, officers stated.
A bond of $500 on the car was
also posted.
Tom Galloway left the past week
for Durham to enter the law school
at Duke University.
National Fire Prevention Week
To Be Observed In Brevard Next
Week; Full Plans Are Announced
WILL DISTRIBUTE
WAR RATION BOOK
FOUR LAST OF OCT.
Teachers Will Be Asked To
Assist. Book is Designed
To Last For Two Years.
War Ration Book Four, which is
to be issued between the 20th and
31st of October, will be distribut
ed to applicants through the pub
lic schools, according to a letter
received by Supt. J. B. Jones
from the OPA in Washington.
Ration Book Four, it was an
nounced, will last approximately
two years and has eight pages,
containing 385 stamps, printed
in blue, red, green and black.
The registration for the new
book, will be under the supervision
of regional and district rationing
officials and local War Price and
Ration boards.
The city and county superin
tendents will have the responsibli
ty for recruiting a staff of teach
ers and other volunteers neces
sary to handle the work involved
during the registration days.
The local board has requested
14,000 printed registration forms
for the new war ration book four,
it was announced.
MACDONALD IS BACK
Dr. Clyde MacDonald, popular
Brevard pharmacist who has been
resting up for the past two months,
has returned to work at Long’s
Drug store. Dr. MacDonald said
that he was feeling much better and
was glad to be back on the job.
Miss Dorothy Poole has a posi
tion in the office of Pisgah Mills.
Inspection To Be Made Next
Monday. Big Banquet Is
Set for Next Thursday.
Extensive plans for observing
National Fire Prevention week in
Brevard are now being *nad^ *
John Smith, fire chief, announced
today.
Mayor Verne Clement today is
sued a proclamation, designating
October 3-9 as fire prevention
week in Brevard and asking every
citizen in town to become more
fire conscious and to eliminate
all fire hazards.
Next Monaay members of the
Brevard fire department will
make a thorough inspection of
buildings and property in the city
limits.
i Under the sponsorship of the
fire department at the Ecusta Pa
per corporation, a special fire pre
vention film will be shown in one
| of the theatres here next week.
On Thursday night at 8 o’clock
a joint banquet meeting of the Ki
wanis and Lions clubs will be held
at Brevard college. Mr, Bailey,
assistant chief of the Asheville
fire department will deliver the
principal address. Heads of all
local organizations and school offi
cials are invited to attend and
members of the fire department
will be honor guests.
“In critical times like these, the
prevention of fire is a patriotic
duty,” Chief Smith declared. “Let’s
every one resolve to be careful
and prevent fires in the home, in
[ plants and business establishments
and especially in the forest.”
The Brevard fire department is
an active organization and has 18
members. They are as follows:
John Smith, chief; Red Misen
heimer, assistant chief; Dan Mer
rill assistant chief and truck dri
ver; Robert Kilpatrick, driver and
pumper; Roy McCall, secretary
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Words Must Be Followed With Action
NCEA Speakers Stated At Meeting
Some of the important issues
facing education at the present
time, with pleas for greater plann
ing and more action, were the sub
jects of discussion at the fall lead
ership conference of the North
Carolina Education Association
held at Brevard high school on
Monday. The meeting was well
attended by representatives from
the following county and city ad
ministrative units: Jackson, Tran
sylvania, Haywood, Henderson,
Canton, Hendersonville, Brevard
College and W. C. T. C. Ira B.
Jones, president of the western
district, presided, and introduced
Fred W. Greene, executive secre
tary of the association and Miss
Alice Poulukas, the new field sec
retary.
Mr. Jones pointed out the im
portant part that teachers play in
these crucial times, first as edu
cators of the most important and
vital resources of our nation—the
boys and girls, and as leaders in the
community. Our children should
in no way suffer from the lack of
quality or quantity of education
during this emergency. It is a
grave responsibility, and one that
we should consider continuously.
“It is time,” said Mr. Greene,
“That we follow up our discussions
with action. We have been most
verbal, but words are not enough.
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BOND SALES WILL
EXCEED QUOTA BY
NEARLY $100,000
Drive To End Saturday
Night. Chairman Urges
Public To “Keep On
Buying Bonds.”
LAST RALLY TONIGHT
Bond sales in Transylvania
county during the third war loan
drive have passed the half million
mark and will probably hit $532,
000 by Saturday night or $100,000
over quota, Chairman Ed H. Mc
Mahan announced yesterday.
The county went over the top
at the big bond rally here last
Friday night when around $300,
000 worth of bonds were sold fol
lowing an address by Gregg Cher
ry, prominent Legionnaire and leg
islator and Democratic candidate
for governor.
The drive, scheduled to end to
day, has been extended through
Saturday of this week. Nearly all
of the counties in Western North
Carolina have gone over their
quotas and the national goal of 15
billion has just about been reached.
The series of bond rallies that
have been held throughout the
county will be terminated tonight
with a rally at Silversteen school.
Jerry Jerome, star bond salesman,
will be the principal speaker there.
A rally was held last night at
Cedar Mountain school with A.
H, Harris as speaker. Monday
night Ed M. Anderson spoke at
Balsam Grove.
A grand total of 11 rallies have
been held in the county and spe
cie ' entertainment for them br-?,*
been furnished by the Ecusta mu
sicians and singers under the di
rection of John Eversman. Chair
man McMahan, Jerry Jerome, C.
M. Douglas and Ray Bennett have
attended them and conducted
sales.
A complete canvass of the town
of BreVard has been made by zone
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MORE PRODUCTION
OF MILK NEEDED
Some Communities In County
Are Buying Milk That Is
Made Elsewhere.
By J. A. GLAZENER
Three neighborhood leaders for
Old Toxaway and Middle Fork
neighborhoods met at Dewey Bur
ton’s store. In the discussion, the
fact was brought out that at Mr.
Burton’s store several quarts of
milk, produced in other counties,
was being sold to customers living
in the local neighborhood. Pas
ture improvement and the produc
tion of more milk for home con
sumption was considered a major
factor for future development. The
importance of using lime, phos
phate and legumes in a soil build
ing program on more farms in the
neighborhoods was to be greatly"
encouraged, along with more home
gardens.
Neighborhood leaders of Island ’
Ford, Glady Branch and Cathey’s
Creek, even in number, met with
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Mayor Verne Clement
Stresses Need For
Prevention of Fires
Mayor Verne Clement today
isued a proclamation, designating
October 3-9 as National Fire Pre
vention Week in Brevard and call
ing on all citizens to become more
fire cautious and to eliminate all
fire hazards on their property.
“President Roosevelt has point
ed out that fire prevention now is
a patriotic duty,” Mayor Clement
stated.
“I would like to emphasize this
point and to st9te that we have
been extremely fortunate here in
Brevard during recent years. We
have a fine fire department and a
well trained, loyal group of fire
men.
“Next Monday when inspection
is made, I hope you will give the
firemen full co-operation.”