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\ The Transylvania Times Adjudged Best Large Non-Daily In North Carolina And Second Best In Nation Vol. 54; No. 2 ★ SECTION ONE ★ BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JAN. 13, 1944 ★ 16 PAGES TODAY ★ PUBLISHED WEEKLY TO START LOAN DRIVE TUESDAY Public Library To Be Opened Here Next Monday BOOKS AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE MOW WITHOUT CHARGES Many New Books Ordered. Formal Opening To Be Held Soon Effective next Monday morn ing, the U. D. C. library here will be converted into a Transylvania county public library with all books being available without charge, Mrs. Oliver Orr. chairman of the library board, announced today. “After months of planning and working, we are now delighted to announce that our dream of es tablishing a free town and county public library has become a reali ty,” Mrs. Orr declared. An invitation is being extended to every man, woman and child in the county to use the library. Books may be secured and kept out for periods of two weeks. Members of the board have ar ranged for Miss Annabel Teague to distribute books in the rural areas through the home demonstra tion clubs. The library here will be open every afternoon except on Thurs days, from 2:30 until 5 o’clock. Mrs. Lehman Kapp is librarian and Miss Daisy Norton is assistant. At the present time there are nearly 3,000 volumes in the library and an order has just been plared for several hundred new books. The drive to raise funds is be ing continued and it is anticipated that hundreds of other books will be bought this year. Miss Marjorie Beal, state libra rian who was here a few days ago —Turn To Page Five DISCHARGES ARE RECORDED FREE Men Discharged From Arm ed Forces Should Take Advantage Of Service The names of all men who are given discharges from military services and full information about their discharges are recorded in the office of the register of deeds here at no cost whatever to the men, it was learned yesterday. “Yes, this is a service that we are glad to render without charge if the boys will bring their papers to the office,” Mrs. Melvin Gilles pie, acting register while her hus band is away in service, stated. Recording this valuable infor mation is insurance against loss of the official papers, it is pointed out. At the present time, approxi mately 50 honorable discharges in World War Two have been re corded here. Most of these are for physical disability. As might be expected, no dishonorable dis charge papers are on file. Fire Losses Here At Lowest Point During Past Year Fire losses in Brevard last year reached the lowest point in the six years he has been head of the department, Chief John Smith said yesterday, amounting to only $700, or about 23c per capita. The loss in 1942 was over $800. Chief Smith said he was very much gratified at this splendid showing and attributed it to the vigilance and cooperation of the citizens of the town generally. “Our people are becoming fire prevention conscious,” Mr. Smith said, and he continued, “The fire prevention week banquet tendered the local department by the Kiwanis and Lions clubs and the splendid address made there by Jim Bailey, assistant chief of the Asheville fire de partment, helped to arouse our people to the danger of the fire menace.” There are at present 16 men in the local department. M. CLOSE-UP OF NAZI ‘SECRET WEAPON’ This being a war of “secret weapons,” here is the German contribution, which is no longer a secret. It is a rear view of the much written about rocket guns used on the Russian front. Weapons of this type, on a much larger scale, are believed to line the French Channel coast for use against the Allies when they start their invasion. (International) llnfantile Paralysis Fund Drive Plans Made; To Hold Birthday Ball January 29th Mrs. Edwin Happ Is Chair- j man. Quota For Coun ty Is $420.00 Transylvania county’s 1944 in fantile paralysis fund campaign will be climaxed with a Presi dent’s birthday ball at the Bre vard country club on Saturday night, January 29, Mrs. Edwin L. Happ, chairman of the county’s birthday celebration committee, announced today. The county’s 1944 quota is $420.00 and other plans for rais-1 ing money to fight infantile paral ysis include a dance for colored people, march of dimes boxes, sale of lapel tabs and so on, Mrs. Happ stated. Raymond Bennett and John Eversman will serve as co-chair men of the birthday ball. A ticket committee is composed of F. S. Best, chairman, Jerry Jerome, Ed McMahan, Ed Happ, Ed Anderson, Roberta Bryant, Walter Straus, Raymond Bennett Mrs. Oliver Orr, Dick Paxton, Mrs. Roberta Col well, Ernest McFaul, Mrs. Ashe Macfie, and Mrs. Fred Holt. Music and entertainment will be under direction of Mr. Eversman. Time and place of the dance for the colored people have not been announced. Last year this dance was held at the Burrell vMotor company here. Mrs. Paul Baker, of Brevard, —Turn To Page Eight RED CROSS PLANS ITS BIGGEST DRIVE, STARTS IN MARCH Transylvania Chapter Is Do ing Great Work For Sol diers And Families Plans will be made at a district meeting of the American Red Cross for the greatest fund drive in history of the nation, next Mon day at the Battery Park Hotel, Asheville. While quotas have not been as signed to chapters in the various sections of the county, it is known that the drive in March will be tremendous due to the calls which are being made on both local and national organizations. It is pointed out that the tele phone and telegraph bill alone for the Transylvania chapter amounts to better than $100 per month, all of which items are a service for members of the armed forces and their families. Home service work for Transyl vania chapter is done by the Rev. Ashby Johnson and C. M. Douglas with no charge for any of the multitudinous services which come under the every-day work of the —Turn To Page Eight Rev.J.R. Bowman Seriously Hurt In Auto-Bus Accident On Tuesday Rev. J. R. Bowman, pastor of Rosman circuit of the Methodist church, was seriously injured in a headon auto-bus collision late Tuesday afternoon on the Pickens highway just above Rosman. The popular Methodist preacher sustained a broken leg, lacerations across the forehead and internal injuries. First aid treatment was given here at the Transylvania hospital and he was sent to the Biltmore hospital for specialized care. His condition is reported as being critical. The accident occurred at the East Fork intersection above Ros man. Sheriff Freeman Hayes and Chief Tom Wood investigated the accident and reported that Mr. Bowman collided headon with a Trailways bus. “I thought Mr. Bowman was go ing to turn on another road and when I realized that he wasn’t, I did not have time to pull out of the way,” the bus driver was quoted as saying. Officers said they believed Mr. Bowman was slightly blinded by the sun. No one was with him in the car. Mr. Bowman has been preaching in this county for several, years and is doing an outstanding work. His many friends wish for him a speedy recovery. SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION HAD SUCCESSFUL YEAR Made Money Despite War time Restrictions On All Construction Despite wartime conditions and restrictions on building, the Bre vard Federal Savings and Loan ascociation enjoyed an exceptional ly good year in 1943, a comparison of annual statements published to day reveals. First mortgage loans dropped by $26,011.45, but total assets showed an increase of $27,568.58 and net profits broke former records. During 1943 the association in vested $50,500.00 in war bonds and cash in banks was increased from $5,451.04 to $12,095.19. Total as sets climbed from $256,108.68 to $283,677.26. The association's savings and investment account showed a gain of $25,840.61. General reserves made a gain of $1,150.81 and undivided profits jumped from $11,164.26 to $16, 736.76. The annual meeting of the stockholders will be held on Wed nesday, January 19, at 1 o’clock. Joseph S. Silversteen is presi dent; A. F. Mitchell, vice presi dent; Jerry Jerome, secretary and treasurer and Mrs. Rowena Sum mey, assistant secretary and treas urer. The directors are J. S. Silver steen, A. F. Mitchell, Jerry Je rome, F. D. Clement, W. D. Gash, R. W. Everett, R. H. Plummer, Fred Holt and W. L. Mull. LAST RITES HELD FOR H. LANDRETH Well Known Connestee Man Died At His Heme Last Sunday Morning Funeral service was held last Monday afternoon at the Landreth residence in the Connestee sec tion for Hanford Landreth, 52, who died at his home Sunday morn ing, following a short illness of flu. He had been an invalid for 28 years. The service was con ducted by the pastor, Rev. H. L. Souther. Interment was in Carr’s Hill cemetery. Surviving are the mother, Mrs. A. C. Landreth; three sisters, Mrs. Joe Galloway, Kings Moun tain, Mrs. Will McKelvey, Bre vard, and Mrs. Arthur Pearson, of Union, S. C.; two brothers, Fred and Ralph Landreth, of Brevard. Pallbearers were Walter Mc Gaha, Orville Mull, Anthony Tran tham, U. G. Batson, E. C. Wilson and Herman Hogsed. Moore-Trantham funeral home had charge of arrangements. Bennett Re-Elected Member Of Hospital Board Of Trustees At a meeting of the board of directors of the Brevard chamber of commerce Tuesday night, Ray mond F. Bennett was re-elected to represent the chamber of com merce as a member of the board of trustees of the Transylvania community hospital for another term. Mr. Bennett was also high ly praised for his fine work in be half of the hospital. The directors voted to con tribute $25.00 to help defray ex penses of the Fourth War Loan drive. President Ed McMahan instruct ed the finance committee to pre pare an annual budget and to present it at the next monthly meeting. Ed Anderson announced that a meeting of the postwar planning committee would be held in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Clement have returned from a visit in Er win, Tenn., with the latter’s mo ther for a week. ( Huge Cake Presented Straus At Party Pictured above, is an enormous cake, suitably inscribed and topped with 61 candles, which was presented to Harry H. Straus, president of the Ecusta Paper corporation, at an elaborate party given in honor of his 60th birthday anniversary in the Ecusta cafeteria last Friday evening. The cake weighed 175 pounds, was 32 inches square at the base and required four days to bake. As A Birthday Gift, Harry Straus Fund Of $1,500 Is Given To Local Hospital By Four Ecusta Directors PATSY OWEN IS WINNER OF TIMES ’44 BABY DERBY Daughter Of Mr. And Mrs. Ray Owen Was Born Jan. 1, 2:15 A. M. Patsy Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Owen, of Lake Tox away, is the winner of the 1944 Transylvania county baby derby sponsored by The Times and she and her parents will receive a number of attractive and useful gifts through the co-operation of local merchants. Patsy arrived at the hospital here two hours and fifteen min utes after the New Year showed up. She was born on January 1, at 2:15 o’clock in the morning. The winner is entitled to receive the following prizes: a free por trait when she is six months old or older to be made by Austin’s studio; two tickets to the Clemson or Co-Ed theatres; baby blanket from Belk’s store; mirror from Abercrombie Furniture store; box of nursery necessities from Var ner’s Drug store; solid gold ring from Parsons store; quart of milk for two weeks from Transylvania Dairies; one dozen cans of baby food from Cash and Carry store; two suits or dresses cleaned and pressed from the Whiteway dry cleaners; pair of bootees from Pat tersons; 25 pounds of baby chick —Turn To Page Five Hospital Trustees To Name Room 112 In Honor Of Ecusta President In recognition of the outstanding service Harry H. Straus has ren dered in the establishment and operation of the Transylvania com munity hospital, four directors of the Ecusta Paper corporation have contributed $1,500 to a fund that will be known as the hospital’s “Harry H. Straus fund,” Ralph H. Ramsey, Jn, vice chairman of the board of trustees of the hospital announced today. The gift was made in commem oration of Mr. Straus’ sixtieth birthday. “With the approval of the donors and to commemorate not only this occasion, but also all that you have done and are doing for our hospital, it is the wish and desire of our directors to desig nate permanently Room 11^ as the ‘Harry H. Straus Room’ and to mark it by an appropriate plaque,” members of the board of trustees have written Mr. Straus. The four friends and Ecusta di rectors who presented this unique birthday gift are Robert M. Hanes, of Winston-Salem; Walter V. Lan deck and Walter M. Schwarz, of New York and T. Nelson Word, of Pisgah Forest and Asheville. “Each member of the board of trustees and the entire staff of the hospital send you our heartiest congratulations and the wish that you may long continue to live in happiness as our friend, associate and fellow citizen,” the letter to Mr. Straus stated. —Turn To Page Eight Rationing Two Years Old; President Commends Service That Is Rendered War price and rationing boards all over the nation celebrated their second anniversary last week. President Roosevelt, in con gratulating the rationeers on the fine job they have done in hand ling the wartime situation in America, said that the use of vol unteer help in ration boards was as American as baseball. By giving much of their time, local business persons have shown a loyalty to the rationing endea vor. Composing the panels under whose supervision the Brevard board works are men and women of this community who give time and exert an effort to see that the goods alloted by the board are dis tributed. as fairly as possible. Some women of the community have also given many hours of their time to help the employees of the board when they become rushed at such times as when fuel oil or A books are being renewed. Brevard college students help take a big load off the shoulders of the personnel by issuing their own food ration books, and the public school teachers of Transylvania county did a big job in connection with the food books, and did it well. It was to men and women like these that President Roosevelt was speaking when he said recent —Turn To Page Five WORKERS ATTEND THEATRE PARTY HERE LAST NIGHT County’s Quota Is $346,000. To Hold Series Of Bond Rallies TO CANVASS TOWN Everything is now all-set to launch an extensive bond-selling campaign in Transylvania county when the Fourth War Loan drive opens next Tuesday morning, Chairman Ed McMahan announced this morning. An enthusiastic meeting of fi nance committee members and so licitors was held last night at the Clemson theatre here. The theatre party, which was a kick-off meeting, was given, through the compliments of the owners and managers of the local theatres. Around 100 persons at tended. A picture, “We Refuse to Die” and a short Fourth War Loan trailer were shown, after which plans for conducting the drive were made, and prospect cards were distributed to solicitors. Zone and block leaders will make a house-to-house canvass here in Brevard. In the rural areas principals of schools and various individuals will conduct the solicitation. A series of war bond rallies will be held throughout the county and will be featured by special enter tainment presented under the di rection of John Eversman, short talks by leading Brevard citizens and public sales of war bonds. The schedule for the rallies is Turn To Page Eight PLESS OWENS IS BURIED TUESDAY Died In Asheville Hospital Sunday Night. Service Is Held Here Funeral service for Pless Owens, 59, who died in an Asheville hos pital last Sunday, was held Tues day afternoon at the Second Bap tist church in Brevard, conducted by the pastor. Rev. S. F. McAuley. Burial was in North Brevard Oak Grove cemetery. Surviving are one brother, Will Owens, of Brevard; seven sisters,. Mrs. Exie Vick, Mrs. Lyday Mel ton and Mrs. Holbert Redmond, of Brevard; Mrs. A. L. Rose, of Ashe ville; Mrs. Claude McClure and Mrs. Woodson Rainwater, of Swan nanoa; Mrs. L. J. Honea, of Au gusta, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs. H. D. Forster and Mrs. Genevieve Gentry, of Asheville; five grand children and two great-grandchil dren. Pallbearers were Claude Mc Clure, Lyday Melton, Exie Vick, Arthur Rose, Holbert Redmond and Woodson Rainwater. Those in charge of flowers were Mrs. Mamie Weaver, Mrs. Helen Brown, Miss Gladys Vick, Mrs. Mil dred Raines, Miss Agnes Osteen and Miss Inez Smith. Osborne-Simpson funeral direc tors were in charge of arrange ments. Schools In County Opened Yesterday; Attendance Is Good After having been closed since Tuesday, December 21, Brevard and Transylvania county public schools opened Wednesday morn ing with normal attendance, Supt. J. B. Jones announces. All schools in the county were closed last week because of the flu epidemic and failed to open Monday and Tuesday due ta weather conditions. “Of course there are still a few children out with influenza, but I believe we can continue operations all right,” Mr. Jones, said. Due to an eight-inch snow, ft was impossible for buses to op erate on Monday.
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