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Vol. 53; No. 52 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 1944 ★ 12 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY
POST RECEIPTS SET NEW RECORD
Fourth War Loan Drive To Start In County Jan. 18
COUNTY’S QUOTA
TENTATIVELY SET
AT $346,000.00
Theatre Party For All So
licitors And Workers
To Be Held Wed.
TO CONDUCT RALLIES
Elaborate plans are now being
made to conduct the Fourth War
Loan drive in Erevard and Tran
sylvania county, Chairman E. H.
McMahan announces.
The drive will officially start on
Tuesday, January 18 and end on
February 15. A tentative quota of
$346,000 has been set for Tran
sylvania, which is considerably
less than the county’s third war
loan drive quota, but the quota on
E, F, and G bonds is larger, which
means more people will have to
buy bonds to reach this individual
quota. McMahan declared. The
national quota is $14,000,000,000.
Plans for conducting the cam
paign in the county include house
to-house solicitation in Brevard by
zone and block leaders, full so
licitation in the rural areas by
school principals and their com
munity co-chairmen, special sales
canvass and holding 7 band rallies.
Local merchants and civic clubs
are also expected to co-operate.
Theatre Party Next Wed.
A kick-off meeting of all work
ers and solicitors will be held next
Wednesday night at 8 o’clock at
the Clemson theatre here.
Through the courtesy of the
owners and managers of the Clem
son and Co-ed theatres, an appro
priate picture will be shown, fol
lowed by a short trailer on the
Fourth War Loan drive. Refresh
ments will be served and complete
plans for conducting the drive will
be made. Notices have been sent
to all members of the finance
committee and solicitors, urging
them to attend the theatre kick-off
party.
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FOURTEEN HEN
ENTERED NAVY
Left Yesterday For Spartan
burg. Others Accepted
In The Army
Fourteen men from the local
draft board left yesterday for
Spartanburg, S. C., where they
will be inducted into the navy ac
cording to Mrs. Allie B. Harlee,
clerk.
Those reporting for induction
were: G. L. Bradley, J. G. Hamlin,
E. M. Searcy, P. C. Miller, J. C. Gro
gan, Richard Dodson, W. F.
Wright, C. L. Corn, C. A. Alexan
der, T. G. Shipman, F. A. Owen,
L. O. Roberts, J. R. Pickelsimer,
and W. W. Bridges.
J. D. Brown and J. D. Brewer,
who were among the 65 men
sent to Camp Croft December 28
for examination, have been ac
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Red Cross Needs
Volunteer Helpers
To Roll Bandages
Mrs. E. L. Happ, who is in
charge of the Red Cross work
room here, has made a plea for
more workers to help with band
age rolling.
The work room is open on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday from
9:30 until noon and 2 to 5 in the
afternoons. The room is also open
from 7:30 until 9:30 at night. On
Saturday afternoons the work
room is open three and a half
hours—1:30 to 5.
Having 54,000 bandages ready
to ship as soon as instructions
come through and more than that
number ready to be made, Mrs.
Happ has suggested that no better
New Year’s resolution could be
made than to resolve to work in
the Red Cross room, at least once
a week. Very few Brevard people
are volunteering at present, she
said.
College Endowment Goal For
This Year May Be Reached
Sooner Than First Anticipated
Kiwanis President
LEWIS P. HAMLIN, promi
nent Brevard attorney, who will
be installed as president of the
Kiwanis club at a meeting here
tomorrow night.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
OPEN ON MONDAY
Influenza Epidemic Report
ed Improved In Tran
sylvania
Brevard and Transylvania
schools will open, as scheduled,
Monday, January 10, according to
an announcement made by J. B.
Jones, county superintendent of
education.
The epidemic of influenza which
has been so widespread during
the holidays causing the opening
of school in the county to be post
poned until Monday was reported
to be some better, Supt. Jones
said.
County health officers have had
no new pneumonia cases reported
since last week, showing that the
threat of flu developing into pneu
monia has subsided.
Brevard college opened last
Monday, but a number of students
were out this week because of ill
ness with the flu.
HOME FROM N. Y. HOSPITAL
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Silversteen
returned on Tuesday from New
York City, where Mr. Silversteen
has been confined in a hospital
since last September, recovering
from injuries suffered in an auto
mobile accident, while on a busi
ness visit in New York at that
time.
Mr. Silversteen’s left leg, which
was broken, is still in a cast but
he is able to get around with the
aid of crutches, and has resumed
his duties as president of the Sil
versteen Industries here.
Contributions Totalling $72,
500 Made During the
Past Month.
Officials of Brevard college are
now optimistic over the possibil
ity of reaching the institution’s
endowment goal of $200,000.00
ahead of schedule, President Eu
gene J. Coltrane stated here today.
“Last October we set a goal of
$200,000.00 for the ensuing year
and our endowment fund today
totals $133,500.00, which is only
! $66,500.00 short of our goal for
the year,” he explained.
“We hope to raise this $66,500.
00 within the next few months
and we are also looking forward
to getting all of the college’s in
debtedness paid this year,” he
said.
Enrollment at Brevard college
is regarded as being exceptionally
good for wartime conditions and
the college is being operated on a
budget that is designed to re
lieve all indebtedness by next fall.
During the past month gifts
totalling $72,500.00 have been
made to the institution’s endow
ment fund, which was formerly
only $61,000.00.
Names of persons making
these gifts have not been an
nounced, but Dr. Coltrane said
here *oday that one of them was
an anonymous contribution of
$50,000. Another was a gift of
$10,000, one for $5,000 and several
ranged from $50 to $1,500.
“On October 22, of last year,
when Mr. Edwin Jones, of Char
lotte, was elected chairman of our
board of trustees, he immediately
launched a campaign to clear the
college of all indebtedness and to
increase the college’s endowment
to $200,000,” Dr. Coltrane said.
“With the valuable assistance of
Rev. C. M. Pickens, of Charlotte,
and vice chairman of the board,
Mr. Jones has already made ex
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Club To Take Care
Of Children When
Mothers Are Away
The latest project of the Sub
Deb club, an organization of
young girls started here last fall,
under sponsorship of Mrs. Henry
N. Carrier, Jr., is to form a moth
er’s aid department, the purpose
of which is to take care of the
children when the mothers need
to be away from home.
The eight girls of the club who
have offered their services in
this project are: Carolyn Kizer,
Dorothy Galloway, Martha Lee
Hudson, Mary Jane Clarke, Wylma
Pooser, Mildred Melton, Mary Ann
Ramsey and Carolyn Kimzey.
Further information for moth
ers desiring to take advantage of
this service may be obtained by
contacting Mrs. Carrier, Phone
1802.
Meeting To Discuss Farm Goals For
County To Be Held Here Saturday
Leaders of agriculture, indus
try, civic organizations, education,
county and town officials will
meet in the farm agent’s office
here Saturday morning at 10
o’clock to discuss the county’s
1944 food program, J. A. Glazener
announced today.
“Many of our food goals have
been increased and we have a big
job to do—one that will require
the full co-operation of every one,
Mr. Glazener said.
The county’s production goals
for 1944 are as follows:
Crops Acreage
Corn-7,446
Hay_2,987
Vegetables _ 990
Home Gardens__ 875
Irish Potatoes _ 708
Rye- 685
Lespedeza for Seed_ 184
Wheat _ 150
Sweet Potatoes_ 125
Oats - 89
Barley - 80
Tobacco -B_ 55
Sorghum _ 38
Livestock and Poultry
Milk Cows_1,600
Other Dairy Cattle_ 693
Milk Produced, ___ Lbs. 6,427,000
Beef Cows_3,000
Other Beef Cattle_1,965
Total AH Cattle and Calves 7,204
Brood Sows_ 244
Commercial Broilers_4,300
Chickens Raised_ 47,376
Laying Hens___ 36,442
Eggs Produced, dozs._ 258,130
Turkeys Raised_ 186
AS MARINES STORMED AIRPORT ON BLOODY TARAWA
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While the smoke of battle rises before them, a group of U. S. Marines charge forward ove«r the
top of a protective barricade on Tarawa. They were on their way to seize the vital airport on the
atoll. In other sections of the Jap base, buddies of the men above were being cut down in the
bloodiest fighting in the history of the leatherneck corps. This is an official U. S. Marine Corps
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BANK HAS GOOD
YEAR IN SPITE
OF CONDITIONS
Deposits Pass Million Dollar
Mark. Stockholders To
Meet Soon
Despite the fact that loans
dropped off everywhere during
1943, the Transylvania Trust com
pany here enjoyed another suc
cessful year of operation, and for
the first time in the institution’s
history, deposits passed the mil
lion dollar mark, the bank’s an
nual financial statement reveals.
Deposits climbed from $899,
073.36 on December 31, 1942 to $1,
189,432. 84 on December 31, 1943,
or a gain of $290,359.48. Total
resources jumped during the year
from $987,895.54 to $1,281,467.41.
Loans, however, declined from
$183,693.49 to $140,319.09. Invest
ments in D. S. Goverment bonds
have increased from $158,984.94 to
$446,684.94.
During the past year common
stockholders were paid 6 percent
dividend, while the retirement ac
count for preferred stock in
creased $1,500, from $13,000.00 to
$14,500.
The surplus has been increased
$2,500 during 1943, making the
present surplus $20,000.
Officers of the bank are C. W.
Pickelsimer, president; R. J. Duck
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County Tire Quota
For This Month Is
Low; Stoves Down
Passenger tire quotas for Tran
sylvania county have been in
creased slightly for both grades
1 and 3 tires, while there has
been a considerable decrease in
tires for trucks and buses for
January. There is a decrease in
tube quota for both automobiles
and trucks.
The quotas show that this coun
ty will have 46 grade 1 tires this
month, and 53 grade 3 tires which
is an increase of nine over the
December allotment. Tubes for
passenger cars in this county have
decreased from 40 to 34.
New tires available for truck
and bus owners in Transylvania
during January will be only 24.
The quota for December vas 42.
Truck tubes have been cut from
35 to 25.
Stove quotas have also been cut
for this month. The coal and wood
heating stove which is handled
more than any other type stove
by the local board has had the
quota cut from 81 to 53.
Staff Sergeant Gerald Tate
Says Airmen Don’t Object To
Enemy Planes; Dread Flak
TWENTY-SIX ARE
PLACED IN CLASS
ONE-A BY BOARD
Other Classifications Are
Announced. Several In
l-A(H) Class
Twenty-six Transylvania coun
ty men were placed in 1-A this
week, according to an announce
ment by Mrs. Allie B. Harllee,
clerk of the local draft board.
Twenty-seven other registrants
were classified.
Those in 1-A are: Clyde Barton,
Charles L. Davis, Oscar D. Hen
derson, J. Fred Camp, Jr., George
E. Tinsley, Homer C. Cox, Wil
liam Patterson, Gerald D. Bock,
Glenna T. Shipman, Charles Crane,
John P. Cantrell, Walter Smith,
Leonard W. Roberts, Thurman H.
Nix, Albert E. Brown, Floyd Nash,
James Buchanan, Hilliard L. Car
lisle, Fred S. Talley, Marvin H.
Houston, Charles A. Meece, Var
dera D. Mulenex, Lonnie Smith,
Fred W. Morgan, Paul L. Meece,
and Jesse A. Wilson.
Classified in 1-A (H) are: Rich
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Air Medal With Eleven Oak
Leaf Clusters Awarded
Brevard Boy
Airmen flying missions over
hostile territory don’t mind so
much the enemy aircraft sent to
attack them, but they dread the
flak, Staff Sergeant Gerald Tate,
well known Brevard boy who serv
ed for 17 months in European war
theatres as tail gunner on a Flying
Fortress, told a reporter for The
Times a few days ago. For his
prowess as an airman, as demon
strated on 50 missions, young Tate
received the Air Medal with elever
oak leaf clusters.
“When enemy aircraft attack
you, you can shoot back,” Sergt
Tate said, “but when they are
throwing flak at you all you car
do is sit there »«d. hope you won’1
get hit.”
Shoots Down Two Planes
Sergt. Tate is officially credited
with shooting down two enemj
planes. One of these was an Ital
ian fighter, downed at Palermo
Sicily. “I gave him about 10C
rounds,” Sergt. Tate said, his en
gine began to smoke, his plane
turned over and plunged into the
sea.” His second victim was s
German seaplane off Corsica. His
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Errors In Old Marriage Records
Discovered And Will Be Corrected
Persons who were married in
Transylvania county about the
turn of the century and who have
recently endeavored to obtain full
information about their marriages
have discovered that according to
the records they were married on
dates different from their recol
lection and by preachers other
than the right ones.
The mistakes were the result
of errors made a long time ago
in copying information from cer
tificates into old permanent rec
ord books, it was discovered, and
several pages of information had
been omitted.
At their regular meeting here
last Monday, the commissioners
authorized the register of deeds
to complete the new marriage
record book by copying into it the
pages that had been omitted and
to bring the corrected informa
tion up-to-date. The present reg
ister was not responsible for the
old errors.
N. A. Miller, clerk of superior
court, presented his annual report
of funds on hand as of November
10. The report was approved and
ordered published.
The audit report called atten
tion to the need for a cash con
trol record and recommended that
it be installed.
Bridget Brooks’ application for
beer license was approved.
Insurance policies on the court
house, written by the Brevard In
surance agency, were delivered
and approved by the commission
ers.
A number of other routine mat
ters were disposed of.
BREVARD OFFICE
RECEIPTS IN ’43
WERE $26,798.14
Showed Gain Of $2,065.51
Over Previous Year. Mon
ey Orders Decline
LAST QUARTER HEAVY
Receipts of the Brevard post
office in 1943 reached the highest
level in history, the total income
being $26,798.14, a gain of $2,065.
51 over the preceding year, ac
cording to a statement made yes
terday by Postmaster T. Coleman
Galloway.
At the same time, the amount
involved in money orders issued
showed a material decline. In 1942
money orders amounted to $197,
953.33, while the total for last
year was $174,105.03. a shrinkage
of $23,848.08. Mr. Galloway at
tributed the slump to an almost
complete cessation of time pay
ments on automobiles.
During the past year, receipts:
at the local office showed a steady
gain and reached the highest point
in the final quarter, when they
amounted to $7,773.39. Money or
ders for this period totaled $39,
335.18.
Normally, receipts of the local
office during the September quar
ter, which also embraces July and
August, are the highest of the
year, but this year they were top
ped for income during the final
quarter.
Receipts for the September
quarter were $7,495.35 and money
orders were issued in the aggre
/gc.^ sum of $38,808.03.
The second quarter of the year
showed a gain in receipts, but
money orders issued showed a
trend revealed in the final figures
for the year. Receipts for the
March quarter were $5,617.50 and
for the next three-month period
$5,911.90. Money orders issued
during the first three months
amounted to $51,756.97 and show
ed a decline to $44,205.07 for the
next quarter.
MANY EXPECTED
ATTEND HEARING
Proposed Lease Of Grey
hound Franchise To
Be Protested
—
A large number of Brevard and
Transylvania county citizens are
expected to attend the hearing
that will be held in Hendersonville
next Thursday morning at eleven
o’clock at the court house, the
purpose of which is to protest the
proposed lease of the Atlantic
Greyhound franchise from Brevard
to Hendersonville to the City Bus
company.
These persons will include city
and county officials as well as rep
resentatives of the chamber of
commerce and other local organi
zations here.
Three local attorneys, E. H. Mc
Mahan, Ralph Ramsey and Lewis
Hamlin have volunteered their
services in appearing before the
commission protesting the pro
posed lease.
The matter is expected to be
discussed at length at a meeting
of the chamber of commerce next
Tuesday night.
Lewis Hamlin To Be
Installed As Head
Of Kiwanis Club
Installation of new officers for
1944 and planning of definite pro
jects will be special business of
Brevard Kiwanis club at its meet
ing Friday evening at 7:00 o'clock.
Lewis P. Hamlin will succeed
W. Paul Tindall as president of
the club, with F. S. Best as vice
president, Charles Douglas as
secretary, and Theodore E. Reid
as treasurer. Directors for the new
year to be installed include Wil
lis W. Brittain, Pete Eberle, Hen
ry R. Henderson, Ralph H. Ram
sey, Keith Pooser and Sebren EL
Varner.