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Town And Farm In Wartime
Ration Reminder
GASOLINE—IN 17 east coast
'states A-8 coupons are good
through Feb, 8. In states outside
the east coast area A-9 coupons
are good through Jan. 21.
SUGAR — Stamp No. 29 in
Book Four is good for 5 pounds
through Jan. 15.
SHOES — Stamp No. 18 in
Book One is good for one pair.
Stamp No. 1 on the “airplane”
sheet in Book Three is good for
one pair.
MEATS, FATS — Brown
stamps L, M, N, P, and Q are
good through Jan. 1,1944. Brown
stamp R becomes good Dec. 26
and remains good through. Jan.
29.
PROCESSED FOODS—Green
stamps D, E and F in Book Four
are good through Jan. 20.
FUEL OIL- Period 1 coupons
are good in all regions through
Jan. 3. Period 2 coupons are
good through Feb. 7 in all areas
except the South, where they are
good through Jan. 24. Period 3
coupons, now valid in the Mid
dle West and South, remain good
through March 13 in the Middle
West and through Feb. 21 in
the South. Period 3 coupons be
come valid in the East and far
West Jan. 4.
WARTIME CHRISTMAS RADIO
PROGRAMS
On Christmas day, men and wo
men of the American armed forces
in every quarter of the globe will
hear three hours of special Christ
mas radio programs, featuring en
tertainment stars, name bands and
personal greetings from the Sec
retary of War, the Secretary of
the Navy, and high officers of the
various services. On Christmas eve
and Christmas day, the people on
the home front will hear programs
from soldiers overseas, including
a chorus of 200 American soldiers
in the Holy Land, a Christmas
tree decorating from an island in
the South Pacific, and midnight
mass from some place behind the
battle lines in Italy.
SOME BUTTER PRICES
INCREASED
Consumers will pay one or two
cents more a pound for butter in
most small independent stores as
a result of a recent amendment
to the butter price regulation by
OPA allowing jobbers a mark-up
of 2 and one half cents a pound
to pay extra costs of many small
deliveries.
TO KILL GAS BLACK MARKETS
In a new drive on gasoline black
markets, OPA has asked distrib
utors to “screen out” irregular
coupons—any coupons that are
counterfeit, expired, not yet valid,
or not endorsed by the motorist.
Filling stations will also be re
quired to make good irregular
coupons, and their inventory will
be cut down by the amount of ir
regular coupons passed on to the
wholesaler. Endorsement of cou
pons by motorists as soon as they
receive ration books will aid OPA
in proving that black market sta
tions have purchased coupons to
cover up illegal sales.
USE RIGHT STAMP FOR SHOES
Because some people have used
the wrong stamps in Book Three
for shoes, OPA has issued the fol
lowing statement: “War Ratior
jBook Three has four pages oi
black ‘picture’ stamps showing
guns, tanks, ships and airplanes
The page of airplane stamps is
next to the brown food stamps
in the back of Book Three.” The
shoe stamp shows a miniature air
plane in flight and is labelled
“Ration Stamp No. 1.” This stamp
came into use on Nov. 1 and it will
remain valid indefinitely, along
with stamp 18 in Ration Book One
WAR EXPENDITURES GROW
U. S. war expenditures for No
vember went to a new high oi
i $7,794,000,000, an increase oi
!
The spirit of Christmas,
dominating the world stage, once more
has incredibly rolled aside the clouds of
war. There is still beauty in common
things, still good in the world, and we are
all grateful for the glowing interval of
Yuletide.
As for ourselves, we are also grateful
for your loyalty to us during 1943, and
extend the season's best wishes to all.
PARSONS’ Jewelry and Gifts
ON THE SQUARE BREVARD, N. C.
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TO BUY
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BURLS
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WILL PAY $9 to $15 per Ton,
According to Quality . . . Delivered
at our Mill at Brevard, N. C.
Transylvania Pipe Co.
Ralph Fisher, Manager
BreTard, N. C
Phone 375
A Seaman Barber
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EARL LIVINGSTON MER
RITT, above, seaman second
class, is a barber on a U. S. ship,
and has been in service since
last June. Before entering serv
ice he was owner and manager
of the Judson Barber shop in
Greenville, S. C. His wife, the
former Miss Bobbie McCall, is
with her mother, Mrs. Annie Mc
Call, in Brevard.
Oak Grove Girl Is
Given Commission
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By HELEN McCORMICK
Miss Jennie Marie Meece, RN,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Meece, of this community, has
been commissioned second lieuten
ant in the army nurse corps. She
is a graduate of Brevard high
school and Long Beach college,
Long Beach, Calif., and the Uni
versity of Virginia school of nurs
ing, in the class of 1943. Lt. Meece
left on Nov. 29 to begin her train-j
ing at Camp Rucker, Ala.
Rev. W. R. Bustle, pastor of the!
Oak Grove Methodist church,
spent several days last week at
his home near Statesville.
Miss Mary Sluder, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sluder, is
spending some time with her mo
ther, who is ill at her home.
689 million dollars, or nearly 10
per cent, over October, WPB has*
reported. The average daily ex I
penditure for war purposes was
mark in November.
MORE REFRIGERATORS
COMING
Increased ice refrigerator quotas
for the first three months of 1944
—40,000 more than for the last
quarter of this year—have been
set by the War Production Board.
This increased production is ex
pected to care for the increased
need for ice refrigerators, due to
the unavailibility of mechanical
refrigerators.
HARDER TO GET NEW AUTO
MOBILES
Because of the reduced supply
of new (1942) automobiles, eli
gibility requirements for these
cars have been tightened by OPA
to reduce the number of appli
cants. Under the new rule an ap
plicant’s present car must have
been driven 60;000 miles (pre
viously 40,000 miles) before it can
be considered unserviceable by
local boards, salesmen are ineligi
ble for new cars, and local boards
are requested to issue a purchase
permit only to an applicant show
ing an immediate need.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
JOYOUS HOLIDAY
LIGHTS ON THE FIR TREE,
SNOW ON THE WINDOW
LEDGE...THE JOYOUS
FACES OF CHILDREN...
...MAY IT BE AVERY
HAPPY ONE FOR YOU .
FARMERS
SUPPLY CO.
BREVARD, N. C.
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To The People Of Transylvania County:
★ I want to thank each and everyone of you who helped make
a success of the United War Fund Drive, and it is to the
credit of our people that Transylvania county went over the top
before most. In facf, New York City still has considerable to go
before it reaches its allotment.
★ While I remained as Chairman for Transylvania County, the
credit really is due to the Committee and associates, upon
whom the burden has been thrown for the succeess of the drive,
and especially to Mr. Jerome and Mr. Douglas, as well as every
other member of the Committee and their helpers. .
★ I am looking forward to soon being back with my friends in
North Carolina.
★ Again thanking each and everyone of you and wishing you
all a very merry Christmas and a most happy New Year,
I am, 1 ,
Sincerely,.
JOSEPH S. SILVERSTEEN, Chairman,
UNITED WAR FUND, Transylvania County
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The Argentine is producing 312
million bushels o£ wheat as com
pared with 235 million last year,
according to preliminary fore
casts.
War-time developments in in
sect control will be highly useful
after the war, especially in food
production and sanitation, entc*
mologists say.
uive Hogs Good
Mineral Mixture
The amount of pork produced by
a certain given quantity of feed
will depend on how well balanced
the feed is, says F. H. Smith, nu
tritionist with the animal indus
try department of the State Col
lege Experiment Station.
He points out that the feed
should contain protein of good
quality, carbohydrates, minerals
and vitamins, and that it should be
properly fed for maximum pork
production.
“The practice of many farmers
in confining their pigs to floored
pens and feeding them rations
composed chiefly of grains brings
about mineral deficiencies”, says
Smith. “In some cases, after two
or three months of such feeding,
the pigs have difficulty in getting
up and walking to the feed
trough.”
The WFA suggests that farmers
supply their own lumber needs by
increasing production from farm
terminal markets and through dis
woodlands during the winter and
by providing labor for forest in
dustries.
WATCH
REPAIRS
Time is important these
days. If your watch hasn’t
been keeping correct time—
we’ll fix it.
CARLTON’S
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FOR SALE—Index cards, different
sizes, and stick files at The
Times office.
GREETINGS
To All Our
EMPLOYEES
and Their Families
—AND—
To Our Many
FRIENDS
We Wish A
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
May this Yuletide season bring great joy to the
hearts of each one of you.... 1943 has been a
significant, difficult year, but we are all happier
today because an early Victory seems more assured.
Let’s face the New Year with renewed determina
tion to hasten the end of the war and the establish
ment of a permanent peace.
Silversteen Industries
JOS. S. SILVERSTEEN, President
TRANSYLVANIA TANNING CO.
BREVARD, N. C.
THE GLOUCESTER LUMBER CO.
ROSMAN, N. C.
TOXAWAY TANNING CO.
ROSMAN, N. C.
ROSMAN TANNING EXTRACT CO.
ROSMAN, N. C.