The Transylvania Times
Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In Nor th Carolina And Second Best In Nation
Vol. 53: No. 42
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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1943
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Reports Indicate Splendid Start In War Fund Drive
LEADERS EXPECT
TO REACH QUOTA
RY END OF MONTH
Special Committees Busy
Soliciting Donations In
Industrial Plants.
DIME BOARD POPULAR
Response to the National War
Fund drive, which started here
Monday morning, is excellent, ac
cording to leaders in various sec
tions of the county.
Ladies of the home demonstra
tion clubs, school teachers and
students, and other groups, in
cluding the Jaycees, are turning
in splendid reports of the first
few days activity, according to the
co-chairmen of the campaign for
Transylvania, C. M. Douglas and
Jerry Jerome.
Progress of the drive is being
reported daily to the county
chairman, J. S. Silversteen, who
is in a New York hospital with
a broken leg. He wired his greet
ings Wednesday morning, and also
said that he felt sure Transyl
vania would come through on this
drive as it has in the past for all
calls pertinent to the armed
forces and its causes.
People Respond Readily
The goal of $10,800 which was
alloted to this county by the
state headquarters is expected to
be reached by the end of the
month, and leaders said Wednes
day that signs shown in the first
three days of the drive gave ev
ery indication that people would
respond as they never have be
fore.
“It will take an average of over
one dollar per Transylvania man,
woman, and child if we attain the
goal for the largest sum ever
—Turn To Page Seven
GALLOWAY NAMED
HEAD OF DEACONS
First Baptist Church Board
Appoints Committees.
Sitton, Sec’y*
A. B. Galloway, well known Bre
vard man and field representative
of Woodmen of the World for
Western North Carolina, has been
elected chairman of the board of
deacons of the First Baptist church
here, it was announced today. He
succeeds J. A. Glazener.
Karl Bosse was chosen as vice
chairman and Gerald Sitton as
secretary. Mrs. N. A. Miller is
church treasurer.
Other members of the board of
deacons are Lewis Hamlin, J. A
Glazener, A. E. Hampton, Robert
Kilpatrick, D. F. Moore, N. A.
Miller, John Ford, Ansel Hart,
Ralph Ramsey, J. B. Jones, Brown
Carr and Paul Tindall.
The following committee ap
pointments were also announced
today:
Housing committee—R. P. Kil
patrick, chairman; Paul Tindall
and Karl Bosse.
Finance committee—J. A. Glaz
—Turn To Page Twelve
Funds From Picture
For Army Relief
In an announcement appearing
in this paper, the statement is
made that the American legion
is sponsoring the first night’s
showing here of the picture,
“This is the Army,” and that 70
per cent of the proceeds would
be applied to the United War
fund. We, the American legion,
were informed at the outset that
this money would be credited to
the county's quota of $10,800.
It has been learned since that
this was an error and that these
funds must go only to the Army
Emergency relief, an equally
worthy cause, and no local or
ganization is getting any por
tion of this money. Don’t forget
both causes are deserving of
your support.
William Wallis, Comdr.,
Monroe Wilson Post No. 88,
Verne Clement, Chrm.,
Ticket Sale.
Method For Distributing Ration
Book Number Four Is Explained
To Teachers Of Transylvania Co.
Buddies In Camp
Shown above are Pfc. MEL
VIN GILLESPIE, left and Pvt.
DON A. LANCE, right, of Tran
sylvania county, who were in
ducted together, and who took
their initial training together at
Miami Beach, Fla. Pvt. Gilles
pie served as register of deeds
until he entered service. The
photo was sent in by Pvt. Lance
who wrote that “Pvt. Gillespie
is the best soldier today in a uni
form.”
ANNUAL ELECTION
C. OF C. OFFICERS
SET NEXT WEEK
Printed Ballots Will Be Mail
ed To All Members This
Weekend.
Annual election of officers for
Brevard chamber of commerce
will be held during the coming
week, it was announced by C. M.
Douglas, president, here today
Ballots will be printed Thurs
day of this week and mailed to
all members who have paid for
1943 on Friday, The ballots will
be returned to the office and
counted next week, and from the
directors so chosen officers for
the coming year will be selected.
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, secretary,
in summing up the year’s work,
states that while no outstanding
piece of work has been done dur
ing the year, many projects
of community interest and coun
ty betterment have been carried
on in addition to the caring for
visitors, and mailing of more
than 5,000 pieces of Brevard lit
erature to a selected group of in
dividuals.
Clyde G. Jones, who has been
at the air base, Ypsilanti, Mich.,
is home with his family on a fur
lough.
Douglas and Jerome De
scribe Contest In Schools
For War Fund Drive.
Dr. J. F. Zachary, chairman of
the local rationing board, gave to
Transylvania county teachers
meeting here last Saturday morn
ing detailed instructions for the
distribution of War Ration Rook 4.
Application forms for the new
books will be issued to school
children by teachers today Oct. 21.
These forms should be filled out
in detail and returned to the tea
chers on Monday, October 25, to
gether with the old Ration Book
3. The teachers will then issue
new ration books to the children
on Oct. 25 and 26. The books will
be given to the oldest child of a
family attending school.
Arrrangements have been made
for families without children in
school, or those whose children in
school are too young to trust with
the books, to register at all schools
in the county from 9 a. m. to 5 p.
m. on October 27 and 28. This
registration will be conducted by
teachers, PTA or volunteer work
ers. Dr. Zachary said, and he urg
ed that any person who w^ould like
to assist with this work to contact
the rationing board this week.
“The responsibility for procur
ing these new books,” Dr. Zach
ary said, “rests squarely upon par
ents. Instructions received by the
board thus far indicate there will
be no replacements. If patrons
have any grounds to doubt that
their children can obtain and re
turn these books they should wait
until the registration on Oct. 27
and 28.”
The new ration book is expected
to last at least two years. It con
tains stamps for all rationed com
modities, except fuel and stoves.
Dr. Zachary said that the public
should understand from this that
the rationing board cannot issue
or replace lost books as freely as
it has done heretofore.
C. M. Douglas aifd Jerry Jerome
spoke to the teachers with regard
to the contest in the schools in
which $50 in cash prizes is being
offered to stimulate interest in the
United War Fund drive. Supt.
Jones said school people were in
tensely interested in this contest
and he predicted that rivalry would
be keen for these awards of $25,
$15 and $10, wdiich will be deter
mined by the amount of money
raised for the fund per pupil en
rolled.
Three Games Won By
Times Bowlers Tues.
The Transylvania Times bowling
team defeated Communications
Wings team in Asheville Tuesday
night by winning three games in
the Tri-city league.
Highest score, 549, was rolled
by Bridges. Other scores were:
Reynolds, 502; Dunne, 547; Rap
pers, 460; Straus, 526. The total
Times team score was 2584.
Local Farm Loan Association Is
Consolidated With Other Groups
Consolidation of the Brevard
National Farm Loan association
with eight other associations to
form a new association, which will
be known as the Asheville Na
tional Farm Loan association, has
been approved by the Farm Credit
administration, according to N. S.
Whitaker, secretary-treasurer.
These associations have maintain
ed a joint office at 149 College
Street, Asheville, North Carolina,
for the past seven years. Mr.
Whitaker, who has been serving as
secretary-treasurer, will continue
in the same capacity for the new
association, and Mrs. Dorothy Alli
son will continue as assistant sec
retary-treasurer.
The new association began busi
ness on October 1, and is author
ized to accept applications for
farm loans from the Federal Land
Bank of Columbia in Buncombe,
Avery, Henderson, Madison, Mit
chell, Transylvania, and Yancey
counties. Under an agreement
with the Columbia Land Bank, it
will also handle collection of these
loans with the Columbia Land
Bank, it will also handle collection
of these loans and perform other
loan services for the Bank. These
loans are made to farmers for
terms of five to forty years at 4
per cent interest secured by first
mortgages on farm property. The
consolidation was effected in or
der to form a stronger financial
organization, reduce operating ex
penses, and provide better credit
—Turn To Page Seven
HOMECOMING TO
BE HELD OCT. 30
LOCAL COLLEGE
To Have Football Game. To
Crown Harvest King
And Queen.
The ninth annual homecoming
and harvest festival at Brevard col
lege will be held on Saturday.
Invitations are being mailed this
week to all former students, alum
ni and friends.
During the afternoon a football
game will be played on the col
lege gridiron field and one of the
highlights of the evening program
will be the crowning of the har
vest king and queen.
The election of the king and
queen will be held within the next
few days. Nominated for queen
are Caroline Doris Bennett, Wan
da Woosely, Carolyn Porter, Doro
thy Reed, Millicent Stafford, Har
riet George, Anne Rigler. Nomi
nated for harvest king are Bill
Cockerell, Jack Hasty, Henry Mc
Donald, Herbert Finck, Roger Ip
cock, John Hunter, Robert Folger,
and Ken Wyatt.
Nominated to represent the
sophomore class in the court are
Virginia Blanton, Ruth Wainscott,
Eleanor Beasley, Geneva Landers,
Alan Leonard, Casey Tweed, Er
nest Page and Jesse Warrick.
Miss Dorothy Hilliard, director
of physical education for women,
is in charge of arrangements.
FSA WORK WILL
BE CONTINUED IN
TRANSYLVANIA
Covert McCallum, Former
Brevard College Instructor,
To Have Charge.
The Farm Security Administra
tion-office here will be re-opened
in the near future and the FSA
program will be increased instead
of decreased in the county, Cov
ert McCallum, Henderson county
supervisor, announced this week.
Mr. McCallum and other mem
bers of the Hendersonville office
are going to devote a great deal of
time in this county and full-time
secretary will be employed to
keep the office open. It was tem
porarily closed when Ralph Smith
and his clerk resigned recently.
The FSA has a case load of 150
in Transylvania and five owner
ship loans have been made.
“We are going to stress produc
tion loans for the war effort and
hope to make five more farm own
ership loans,” Mr. McCallum stat
ed.
Other members of the Hender
son staff who will work in this
county are Thomas Renshaw, as
sistant supervisor and Miss Mary
Johnston, home supervisor.
Me. McCallum is well known in
Transylvania. For two years he
was head of the agriculture de
partment at Brevard college.
Milk Delivery Trips
On Revised Schedule
In compliance with an ODT or
der, the Transylvania Dairies will
begin on Saturday a revised sched
ule for milk deliveries to the re
tail customers and wholesale deal
ers, it was announced yesterday by
Ralph Parrish, manager. The or
der issued is to conserve gasoline,
tires and labor.
As stated elsewhere in this pa
per, there will be four weekly de
liveries of milk for retail custo
mers, namely, Monday, Wednes
day, Friday and Saturday. For
wholesale dealers, trips will be
made every day except Sunday.
Local grocery stores and other
firms are revising or have revised
their delivery systems to comply
with the conservation orders of
the ODT, which applies to all sec
tions of the nation.
Cpl. Charles Loftis, who is in
the air corps, stationed at Wil
mington, is here this week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Loftis.
PATTON COMFORTS WOUNDED YANK
ALWAYS SOLICITOUS of the men in his command, Gen. George
Patton, Jr., stops to comfort Pvt. Frank A. Reed, of East Dedham,
Mass., who was injured in the fighting in Sicily. Reed and the others
in the photo were later moved by plane to a hospital. O.W.I. photo.
(International)
important Points in Revised
Stablization Program For Area
Are Listed By Car! Buchanan
IRVING BERLIN'S
“ARMY” FILM AT
CO-ED WEDNESDAY
Local Legion Post Sponsors
Initial Showing At Local
Theatre.
Irving Berlin’s “This Is the Ar
my,” which successfully stormed
city after city in its original stage
version, comes to the screen of the
Co-Ed Theatre, Wednesday even
ing, Oct. 27, in its Warner Bros.’
technicolor production. The picture
will be a happy invasion of the
hearts of America by its stalwart
and talented sons in the service.
Monroe Wilson post 88 of the
American legion is sponsoring this
presentation of the famous War
ner Bros, production. Seventy
percent of the proceeds will be
turned over to the Army Emer
gency Relief fund. The Legion, ac
cording to J. M. Gaines, adjutant,
derives ho financial benefit what
ever from the picture.
The picture will also be shown
at the Co-Ed on Thursday and Fri
day.
“This is the Army” uses all 350
of the original cast plus heavy
—Turn To Page Six
Region Affected Embraces
N. C., Three Other States
And D. C.
Carl Buchanan, manager of the
Hendersonville office of the U. S.
employment service, has sent to
The Times a summary of the sa
lient points under the revised sta
bilization program drafted by the
War Manpower commission and
applicable to region four. This
program became effective last Fri
day and covers besides this state
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
and the District of Columbia. The
points listed by Mr. Buchanan fol
low:
1. Any worker employed in an
essential activity during the pre
ceding 60 days must possess a
Statement of Availability before
he can be hired.
2. Any worker employed in an
essential activity during the pre
ceding 60 days may be hired in an
activity other than essential only
through the USES.
3. Any worker who was not en
gaged in an essential activity dur
ing the preceding 60 days may be
hired only if he signs a certificate
of prior employment or is referred
by the USES.
4. A worker desiring to go to
another locality for employment
must first clear with the local
USES office and obtain a referral
of Statement of Availability. This
—Turn To Page Six
Dr. D. W. Dudley Relates Amusing
Incident In County Dental Work
If a boy swapped his cake of
soap for marbles, that would be
human nature. But if he swapped
his marbles for a toothbrush, that
would be news!
And that’s exactly what hap
pened, but let’s let the State
school dentist, Dr. D. W. Dudley,
who is working in this county for
several weeks, tell the story in
exactly the same way that we got
it from him yesterday.
“It happened in a small rural
school in the state,” Dr. Dudley
began, “we won’t call any names,
because we run into similar cases
wherever we go, and besides it
might embarrass some of the par
ties concerned. Just say it was
Dr. Smith and Johnny Jones at
the Brown school.
j “Anyway, Dr. Smith had just
I made a talk to all the children at j
the Brown school about brushing
their teeth properly for three
minutes, twice a day, and at the
class he announced that any child
who didn’t have a brush could get
a good one for as little as 10
cents.
“The children were so impress
ed with the talk that a number of
them came by after school and
brought their dimes for brushes.
Johnny came by, too, not once but
twice. He was from a very poor
family, but he had one distinction.
He was the best marble shooter
in school, and his pockets were
usually full of marbles he had
won, but almost never any money.
—Turn To Page Six
EVERY RESIDENT
IN COUNTY ASKED
TO JOIN EFFORT
Community Leaders Are
Taking Orders For Bait
To Kill Rodents.
TEACHERS HELPING
A concerted county-wide move is
being planned to exterminate rats
in this section, with date for put
ting out the bait set for November
4-5th.
Effort is being made by the
county agent’s office, community
leaders, schools, and chamber of
commerce to have every resident
of the county co-operate in the
movement, which is estimated by
authorities to save the county
many thousands of dollars in dam
age each year.
Orders are being taken for the
prepared bait by community lead
ers throughout the county and
school teachers and pupils are as
sisting in the work of contacting
farmers.
In Brevard the chamber of
commerce is heading the move,,
with merchants and manufacturers
being asked to cooperate.
Poisonous To Rats Only
In a meeting here last Saturday
afternoon it was pointed out by
L. C. Whitehead, district agent for
U. S. Wildlife, that the poison
bait to be used it not harmful to
cats, dogs, or humans but that it
is certain death to rats.
In addition to being the best
method known for exterminating
rats, it was pointed out by the
specialist that less than one rat in
a thousand would die indoors, and
thus the common dread of house
wives that dead rats might cause
stench is reduced to practically
—Turn To Page Twelve
PT-AATROSMAN
HOLDS MEETING
Several New Members Add
ed; Finance Committee
Is Named.
The Rosman Parent-Teacher as
sociation held its regular meeting
Tuesday afternoon, October 12,
with the president, Mrs. Eugene
King, presiding.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read by the secretary, Mrs.
Ralph Paxton, and the treasurer’s
report was given by Miss Edna
Nesbitt, treasurer. Many new
members were reported by the
membership chairman and two
additional members were appoint
ed to serve on this committee.
They are Mrs. J. L. Gillespie and
Mrs. D. H. Winchester. The fol
lowing were appointed to serve on
the finance committee. Miss Dil
liard, chairman; Mrs. William Bail
ey and Mrs. Allen Sisk.
Due to illness, the musical
program sponsored by Miss Dill
ard was postponed until the next
meeting.
Following the reading of the
president’s message by Miss Lucille
Galloway, plans were discussed
for the work of the P-T. A.
Mrs. Bowman’s fifth and sixth
grade room won the picture by
having the most parents present.
Miss Barnes Chosen
Head Of Music Dept.
At Brevard College
Miss Gertrude Barnes, of To
wanda, Pa., has been appointed
director of the ctepartment of mu
sic at Brevard college, Dr. E. J.
Coltrane announced today.
Miss Barnes is a graduate of
Mansfield Teachers college at
Mansfield, Pa., the Dramatic Art
school in New York and received
her M. A. from Columbia Univer
sity.
She has taught at Blue Ridge
college, New Windsor, Md., and at
a large private school in New Mex
ico.
She is now organizing a glee
club and choir at Brevard college
and is giving individual vocal in
struction.