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The Transylvania Times Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation Vol. 53: No. 47 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1943 ★ 20 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON ON To Elect AAA Community Committees Next Week A SCHEDULE OF EIGHT MEETINGS IS ANNOUNCED All Farmers Urged To At tend One Of Meetings. Importance Stressed AAA IS HELPFUL The annual election of AAA community committeemen and del egates will be held in Transyl vania county, starting next Monday and continuing through next Thursdax. December 2, T. J. Wil son, county AAA committee chair man, announced today. There are eight communities in this county and each community committee is composed of three members. Delegates to the county convention to select the county committee will also be chosen at these community meetings. In a special message to the farmers today, Mr. Wilson pointed out that “it is very important that you arrange to attend the meeting in your community to elect men to represent your community in the AAA program for the year 1944”. “In these busy days some few farmers are going to be tempted to neglect this all important du ty, but they shouldn’t because we have received in the county this year through the AAA program 4,530 tons of ground limestone, 168 tons of superphosphate, 31,797 pounds of crimson clover and vetch seeds and to aid in the feed shortage, 'he AA\ hi.s handled over 15,000 bushels of government wheat to be used for feed,” Coun ty Agent J. A. Glazener pointed out. The schedule of meetings is as follows: —Turn To Page Six CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE IS STARTED County’s Quota Is $500. Pub lic Urged To Help Fight Tuberculosis The annual sale of Christmas seals to raise money to combat tuberculosis in Transylvania coun ty and throughout the nation was started this week and will con tinue until Christmas. The goal for the county is $500 and Chairman Robert T. Kimzey, Brevard high school principal, ex pressed the opinion yesterday that this quota would be reached. Sale of the seals is being con ducted through the schools, through solicitation by mail and the Girl Scouts will hold sales here on the streets. “Everyone is urged to co-ope rate to make this worthy cam paign a success,” Mr Kimzey sta ted. “Be sure to buy seals and to brighten up your letters with them.” The sale is conducted by the Transylvania Tuberculosis associa tion. Mr. Kimzey is chairman and —Turn To Page Twelve Need More Helpers Here At Red Cross Bandage Work Shop The Red Cross surgical dressing unit here has received an urgent request from national headquar ters to complete all material now on hand in the dressing room lo cated over the city hall before the first of the year, Mrs. Edwin Happ announces. At the same time she reported that no workers at all showed up last Monday afternoon and only 5 that night. “If we meet this re quest, we’ve got to get busy at once and I am asking that every person in Brevard who can pos sibly spare any time to come and help at the shop,” she declared. “We have between 70,000 and 80, 000 bandages on hand to be made.” Mrs. Happ stated that there are now around 6 cartons of bandages completed and ready {or ship , ment. This Tennessee Man Had Good Luck One of the first bucks killed in the 10th. annual Pisgah Na tional Forest deer and bear hunt was bagged by Cecil II. Kelley, above, of Greeneville-Tcnr. This was his first deer and he bro’.'^iij* it dowi^ wif. one sAut. The buck weighed 132 pounds and had 7 points. Mr. Kelley is one of the 1,200 hunters who have participated m the 1943 hunts. He operates a machine shop in Tennessee. (Staff Photo.) Strong Protest Made Against Greyhound Leasing Brevard Hendersonvilie Bus Lines Hearing To Be Held Before Utilities Commission On January 13 A strong protest against a pro posed leasing of the Brevard-Hen dersonville bus line by the Atlan- i tic Greyhound Lines to the City Bus company of Hendersonville is being made by the Brevard cham ber of commerce, city and county officials and citizens who use the line regularly. A hearing before the North Car- j olina Utilities Comniission has I been set for January 13 to be held: in Hendersonville. A request was, made yesterday by the Chamber of commerce transportation commit-* tee to have the hearing moved to Brevard Since a majority of the: people interested in the proposed! lease live here and in the county. C. M. Douglas, of the transpor tation committee, appeared before the commission in Raleigh a few days ago and protested the change of bus service operation. A long complaint has been filed by the transportation committee with the utilities commission and the ICC. Mayor Verne Clement and Carl Al —Turn To Page Twelve ed McMahan is RE-ELECTED AS SCOUT QUORMAN Frank Kerber Chosen As Vice Chairman. Annual Meeting Is Held Ed H. McMahan was re-elected chairman of the Transylvania dis trict of the Daniel Boone council of the Boy Scouts at an annual meeting held here last night. Frank Kerber was elected vice chairman and committees were appointed. Plans for 1944 include a more extensive camping program, or ganization of new troops, servicing of old troops, training of leader ship, advancement programs and raising sufficient finances to carry on the work. Rev. W. A. Jenkins will continue to serve as District Commissioner. A brief review of the year’s work showed that Scouting has gone for —Turn To Page Six County’s Flood Control Committee Makes Recommendation About Dams . Transylvania Flood Control committee, in meeting here Tues day night, adopted a resolution calling upon the Tennessee Valley Authority to check the possibility of headwaters dams on French Broad river tributaries for deten tion dams in the proposed flood control program. Letter to the chairman of the W. N. C. Flood Control committee with headquarters in Asheville, and to the Tennessee Valley Au thority at Knoxville set forth that the committee approved of the general idea of flood control, but specifically pointed out that Tran sylvania farm lands in the Cathey’s Creek and Little River sections would be greatly harmed if the present plans are carried out, and requested engineers from the TVA to present figures on detention storage space of the several small er dams against the two proposed large dams below mouth of Cathey Creek on the French Broad and on lower Little River. Letter from the TVA and WNC headquarters requested that the Transylvania committee approve the program with no specific men tion of probable dams, but the —Turn To Page Six FINAL ROUND IN DEER AND BEAR HUNT UNDERWAY Due To Dry Weather, A New Record Low In Kills Is Being Made Final round of the 10th. annual Pisgah National Forest deer and bear hunt starts today and ends Saturday. Less than 75 deer have been killed and S bears have been killed so far during the hunt and if the kills do not show a great increase during the last three days, a new low record will be established. Last year a total of 191 deer and 16 bears were killed. The exact count Tuesday night of this week was 58 deer and 5 bears. Re sults of yesterdays hunting were not available in time for publica tion. “I’m not much surprised be cause it is extremely dry in the forest,” Ranger G. H. Griswold stated. Hunters Cautioned He also cautioned hunters to be most careful. “If any fires break out during the hunt, the hunt will be called off,” he as serted. One small fire was report ed last Saturday night. Last Monday proved to be the best hunting day so far this sea son. A total of 14 deer were bag ged in three areas, 11 in the David son river section, 2 in Bradley Creek wildeniv^^ila and 1 in Big Creek wild&Kss area. Tuesday 6 deer and 1 bear were killed. Paul M. Whitmire, of Bre vard, bagged a 122-pound, 10-point buck. Monday Tom McKinney, of Brevard, killed a 120-pound deer. 225-Pound Bear Last Thursday E. R. Lytle, of Hendersonville, killed a 200 - pound, 9-point deer and Williams Fields, of Goldsboro, bagged a 225-pound bear. J. W. Warren, of Candler, killed a 104-pound deer * —Turn To Page Six New License Tags Will Go On Sale Here December 1 New license plates for automo biles and private trucks will go on sale at the local Carolina Mo tor club branch office on Broad street next Wednesday morning, Dec. 1. Only one tag will be issued per vehicle for the new year, it is announced by C. M. Douglas, manager of the local office, and this will be attached to the rear of the car or truck. Colors are yellow figures on black back ground. Tags will be issued upon pre sentation of the new 1944 certificate or long card which is being mailed out of the state office this week. Prior year’s pocket card will not be necessary, unless in case where no new certificate has been re ceived by owner. In such case, title or previous year’s pocket card will be necessary as evidence of ownership. The new tags are valid on and after Dec. 1, and the local mana ger urges that people buy early so that the last-day rush so much in evidence here the first of this year will not be caused. Times Giving Free Tickets To Theatre Maybe you are the winner of a free ticket to the theatre! In all of the Christmas ad vertisements in this edition are names that have been chosen in an impartial numerical man ner from The Times’ mailing list. Read all of the ads carefully and if you find your name, bring the advertisement to the Times office and you will receive a free ticket to a theatre here. All tickets must bet called for within the next week and they must be used on or before Christmas. Be sure to take advantage of the many values offered now by Brevard merchants. Use this edition as your Christmas shop ping guide. SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN Brevard is one of the first stops on Santa’s schedule this side of the North Pole. He will arrive here Saturday and officially open the Christmas shopping season. The Jolly Old Fellow will also distribute candy to the children. Straus To Speak On Postwar Planning At Annual Chamber Of Commerce Banquet Tues. RED CROSS HAN SPOKE ATB4P CLUB HERE TOES. Orrn E. Roberts Briefly Out lined Work Of National Organization Orin E. Roberts, of Atlanta, general field representative of the American Red Cross for the West ern North Carolina area, was the main speaker at the November —Turn To Page Twelve Grocery Stores To Remain Closed Here On Thurs. Afternoon The grocery stores in Brevard will continue to be closed on Thursday afternoons during De cember, since they do not feature much Christmas merchandise, it was announced today. Department and other stores carrying Christmas gifts and mer chandise will remain open on Thursdaya afternoons until Christ mas. No decisions have been reached, but it is probable that most of the stores will remain open at nights the last week before Christmas day. Jones Will Also Speak. Around 200 Persons Ex pected To Attend Harry H. Straus, president of the Ecusta Paper corporation and state and district vice chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, will deliver an ad dress on postwar planning at the annual Brevard chamber of com merce banquet to be held next Tuesday night in the dining room at Brevard college. Edwin L. Jones, prominent Charlotte business man and chair man of the board of trustees of the college, will also speak. Mr. Straus has been making a number of speeches on postwar planning during recent weeks. Special music will be presented by John Eversman. Approximately 200 persons will attend the banquet, including spe cially invited guests representing chambers of commerce in Way nesville, Canton, Sylva, Franklin, Asheville, Marion, Tryon, Hender sonville, Rutherfordton and For est City. Ed H. McMahan, president of the Brevard chamber, will serve as toastmaster and Ralph Ramsey and Dr. E. J. Coltrane will intro duce the speakers. The Brevard chamber of com merce has approximately 90 mem bers and all of them are urged to send one or more representative to attend the banquet. —Toni To Page Twelva Union Thanksgiving Service To Be Held At College Here This Morning A union Thanksgiving day ser vice will be held this morning at 11:30 o’clock at Brevard college with Rev. A. C. Gibbs, new super intendent of the Asheville district of the Western North Carolina Methodist, conference, as principal speaker. A cordial invitation has been extended for every one to attend the service. Appropriate music will be rendered. At 10:30 this morning a Holy communion service is to be held at the Episcopal church. At 3 o’clock this afternoon Bre vard college and Brevard high school football teams will play on the local gridiron field. This is expected to be a thrill ing game and a large crowd of fans will probably witness the Turkey Day classic. All stores, county and town of fices will be closed for the day. Brevard and county schools clos ed yesterday afternoon until Mon day morning for the Thanksgiving holidays. Grocery stores here reported record sales yesterday for the Thanksgiving dinners. A number of family reunions will probably be held throughout the county. SANTA CLAUS TO VISIT HERE ALL DAY SATURDAY Brevard Stores Are Filled With Christmas Mer chandise And Values DECORATIONS PRETTY The annual Christmas shopping season officially opens in Brevard tomorrow, and Saturday Santa Claus will arrive and spend the day here visiting the stores and giving candy to the children. In compliance with a request of Postmaster General Walker, Bre vard merchants are urging the public to shop early and do their Christmas mailing on or before December 10th., if possible. The stores here are beautifully decorated and have on display a surprisingly large quantity of Christmas merchandise and gifts. Several customers from Asheville were here shopping this week and one of them declared that Brevard merchants have more to offer than do most of the firms in Asheville. Streets in the business district will be decorated with evergreens. With the exception of the gro cery establishments, practically all of the stores in town will re main open on Thursday afternoons during the month of December, or until Christmas. Many splendid values in Yuletide merchandise are advertised in this Christmas shopping edition, and every one is urged to take advan tage of them. In order to save gasoline and tires, the public is likewise urged to make this a trade-at-home Christmas. 58 HEN PLACED IN CLASS ONE-A Large Group Will Be Sub ject To Early Induction. Others Listed Fifty-eight Transylvania county men have been placed in 1-A and will be subject to an early call, it was announced by the draft board here today. Twenty-one were classified in 2-A, 55 in 2-B, and 13 in four other classes. Those in 1-A are:David Norman, Theodore Merrill, Johnnie Buch anan, Charles Russell, James Hawkins, Artee Norman, Henry Walker, Glenn Shipman, Walter Robison, Richard Chapman, Car ter Blythe, Kermit Broom, L. Wynn, Gordon Whitmire, Samuel Howell, Marcellus Mills, William Summey, Edward Logan, Jr., Har ley Rogers, Robert Nash, Jr., John Driscoll, Tommie Babbs, Charles Hubbard, Gordon Lance, Ernest Gilliam, Turner Allison, Roy Lawing, R. J. Brown, Ernest Giles, Fred Owen, Robert English, James Meece, John Pickelsimer, Walter Hubbard, Willie Owen, Johnnie Crawford, Bill Nelson, Lewis Roberts, Thomas Jackson, Jack Thomas, V. L. Reece, James Brewer, Claud Bailey, W. McK. McNeill, James Brown, Roy Me —Turn To Page Seven Glazener Selected To Represent N. C. At National Meet Julian A. Glazener has been appointed as one of the three delegates from the North Caro lina County Agent’s association to attend the National County Agents’ meeting in Chicago next Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day. “Of course, I am delighted over being selected to attend this important three - day conference and I hope to get some fine ideas,” Mr. Glazener stated. The other two who have been chosen are J. I. Wagoner, of Greensboro, and M. A. Morgan, of Smithfield. This selection is regarded as quite an honor for Mr. Glazener and Transylvania. It is an all expense-paid trip.
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